Upconversion and Reduced 4F3 /2 Upper-State Lifetime in Intensely Pumped Nd:YLF
Applied Optics, Vol. 38, Issue 12, pp. 2714-2723 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.38.002714
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Abstract
Nonexponential decay of the 4F3/2 upper laser state in Nd:YLF was observed with time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and small-signal gain probes in low-doped (1.16-at. %) samples when intensely pumped to high population inversions. A rapid initial decay is observed after Q-switched laser pumping, followed by a longer nonexponential decay that is clearly identified as a phase of migration-assisted energy-transfer upconversion (ETU) in the hopping regime. During this phase, a rate-equation treatment is valid and the macroscopic ETU coefficient, α2 = (0.98 ∓ 0.03) × 10−16 cm3/s, is directly evaluated from the decay kinetics. The ETU and the migration microparameters are also estimated to be Cda* ≈ 200 × 10−40 cm6/s and Cdd ≈ 1000 × 10−40 cm6/s, respectively, and are compared with theoretical values found in the literature. On the basis of these values, rate-equation treatments of intensely pumped Nd:YLF are not strictly valid.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(190.7220) Nonlinear optics : Upconversion
(260.3800) Physical optics : Luminescence
(300.6500) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, time-resolved
Citation
Jonathan D. Zuegel and Wolf Seka, "Upconversion and Reduced 4F3 /2 Upper-State Lifetime in Intensely Pumped Nd:YLF," Appl. Opt. 38, 2714-2723 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-38-12-2714
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