Energy recycling versus lifetime quenching in erbium-doped 3-µm fiber lasers

Pollnau, M. and Golding, P.S. and Jackson, S.D. and King, T.A. (2000) Energy recycling versus lifetime quenching in erbium-doped 3-µm fiber lasers. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2000, 10-15 September 2000, Nice, France.

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Abstract:	Spectroscopic and numerical investigations show that energy-transfer upconversion can efficiently recycle energy in 3-µm Er:ZBLAN fiber lasers at relatively low dopant concentrations, thereby dramatically increasing the slope efficiency compared to lifetime quenching by Pr3+.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	© 2000 IEEE
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/71648
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909863
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