Blue, green, orange, and red upconversion laser

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:871834

Xie, Ping ^[1]; Gosnell, Timothy R ^[2]

---

1. San Jose, CA
2. Sante Fe, NM

A laser for outputting visible light at the wavelengths of blue, green, orange and red light. This is accomplished through the doping of a substrate, such as an optical fiber or waveguide, with Pr.sup.3+ ions and Yb.sup.3+ ions. A light pump such as a diode laser is used to excite these ions into energy states which will produce lasing at the desired wavelengths. Tuning elements such as prisms and gratings can be employed to select desired wavelengths for output.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5805631
• OSTI ID: 871834
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

blue
green
orange
upconversion
laser
outputting
visible
light
wavelengths
accomplished
doping
substrate
optical
fiber
waveguide
pump
diode
excite
energy
produce
lasing
desired
tuning
elements
prisms
gratings
employed
select
output
desired wavelength
tuning element
optical fiber
visible light
diode laser
upconversion laser
desired wave
/372/