Excitation mechanism of the upper 1D2 and 3P0 levels in Tm:Yb:BaY2F8 laser crystal

M. A. Noginov; M. Curley; P. Venkateswarlu; H. P. Jenssen; H. P. Jenssen

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1996),
paper CTuL41

Excitation mechanism of the upper ¹D₂ and ³P₀ levels in Tm:Yb:BaY₂F₈ laser crystal

M. A. Noginov, M. Curley, P. Venkateswarlu, and H. P. Jenssen

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1996

Anaheim, California United States
2–7 June 1996
ISBN: 1-55752-443-2

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M. A. Noginov, M. Curley, P. Venkateswarlu, and H. P. Jenssen, "Excitation mechanism of the upper 1D2 and 3P0 levels in Tm:Yb:BaY2F8 laser crystal," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, J. Bowers, D. Miller, D. Scifres, and A. Weiner, eds., Vol. 9 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1996), paper CTuL41.

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Abstract

We quantitatively studied upconversion in Tm:Yb:BaY₂F₈ laser crystal, determined the excitation scheme for the upper ¹D₂ and ³P₀ metastable levels, and showed the possibility of avalanche pumping at 706 nm.

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