Near Infrared Broadband Emission and Spectroscopic Properties of Tm3+/Nd3+ Codoped Optical Fiber

Lin Htein, Pramod R. Watekar, Weiwei Fan, Seongmin Ju, Bok Hyeon Kim, Won-Taek Han

2013

Abstract

The emission bands at 934, 1083, 1279, 1362, 1414 and 1720 nm were found to appear from the Tm3+/Nd3+ codoped optical fiber upon excitation at 633 nm. Near infrared emissions of Tm3+ at 1279, 1414 and 1720 nm confirmed a very efficient energy transfer (ET) between Tm3+ and Nd3+ ions. Since the emission band of Nd3+ at 1362 nm helped to bridge the wavelength gap between the emission peaks of Tm3+ at 1279 and 1414 nm, the ET process made the Tm3+/Nd3+ codoped fiber applicable in broadband fiber laser operating around 1215–1515 nm. Further, cross-sections for the respective bands, spectroscopic properties and nonlinear characteristics of the Tm3+/Nd3+ codoped fiber were investigated.

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Htein L., R. Watekar P., Fan W., Ju S., Hyeon Kim B. and Han W. (2013). Near Infrared Broadband Emission and Spectroscopic Properties of Tm3+/Nd3+ Codoped Optical Fiber . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-8565-44-0, pages 25-32. DOI: 10.5220/0004338200250032


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@conference{photoptics13,
author={Lin Htein and Pramod R. Watekar and Weiwei Fan and Seongmin Ju and Bok Hyeon Kim and Won-Taek Han},
title={Near Infrared Broadband Emission and Spectroscopic Properties of Tm3+/Nd3+ Codoped Optical Fiber},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2013},
pages={25-32},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004338200250032},
isbn={978-989-8565-44-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Near Infrared Broadband Emission and Spectroscopic Properties of Tm3+/Nd3+ Codoped Optical Fiber
SN - 978-989-8565-44-0
AU - Htein L.
AU - R. Watekar P.
AU - Fan W.
AU - Ju S.
AU - Hyeon Kim B.
AU - Han W.
PY - 2013
SP - 25
EP - 32
DO - 10.5220/0004338200250032