Abstract
We report the observation of negative nonlinear absorption in fluoroindate glasses doped with erbium ions. The pumping wavelength is 800 nm which is doubly resonant with Er3+ ions transitions. A large nonlinear intensity dependence of the optical transmittance and strong upconverted fluorescence are obtained. The dependence of the upconverted fluorescence intensity with the laser power is described by a system of coupled-rate equations for the energy levels' populations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2263-2267 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Aug 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |