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Title: Blue-green upconversion laser

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7068389

A blue-green laser (450--550 nm) uses a host crystal doped with Tm[sup 3+]. The Tm[sup 3+] is excited through upconversion by a red pumping laser and an IR pumping laser to a state which transitions to a relatively lower energy level through emissions in the blue-green band, e.g., 450.20 nm at 75 K. The exciting laser may be tunable dye lasers or may be solid-state semiconductor laser, e.g., GaAlAs and InGaAlP. 3 figs.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 4949348; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-398585
OSTI ID:
7068389
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 25 Aug 1989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English