Published June 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Avalanche upconversion in Er3+ doped fluoroindate glass

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, PE (Brazil)
  • 2. Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1480-900 Araraquara, SP (Brazil)
  • 3. Institut fuer Neue Materialien, Im Stadtwald, Gebaeude 43, D 66-123 Saarbruecken (Germany)

Description

Avalanche upconversion is reported for Er3+ doped fluoroindate glass pumped at 633.5 nm. Strong frequency upconversion signals and intensity dependent transmittances are observed. The results of the transient and steady-state measurements agree well with the predictions of a rate-equation model which take into account cross-relaxation processes among pairs of erbium ions. copyright 1997 American Institute of Physics

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 3084-3086.
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB