Blue-green upconversion laser
Abstract
A blue-green laser (450-550 nm) uses a host crystal doped with Tm.sup.3+. The Tm.sup.+ 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.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 867497
- Patent Number(s):
- 4949348
- Assignee:
- United States of america as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- blue-green; upconversion; laser; 450-550; nm; host; crystal; doped; tm; excited; pumping; transitions; relatively; energy; level; emissions; band; 450; 20; 75; exciting; tunable; dye; lasers; solid-state; semiconductor; gaalas; ingaalp; semiconductor laser; energy level; dye laser; pumping laser; tunable dye; dye lasers; upconversion laser; host crystal; /372/
Citation Formats
Nguyen, Dinh C, and Faulkner, George E. Blue-green upconversion laser. United States: N. p., 1990.
Web.
Nguyen, Dinh C, & Faulkner, George E. Blue-green upconversion laser. United States.
Nguyen, Dinh C, and Faulkner, George E. Mon .
"Blue-green upconversion laser". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867497.
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author = {Nguyen, Dinh C and Faulkner, George E},
abstractNote = {A blue-green laser (450-550 nm) uses a host crystal doped with Tm.sup.3+. The Tm.sup.+ 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.},
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
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