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High-inversion densities in Nd:YAG: upconversion and bleaching

High-inversion densities in Nd:YAG: upconversion and bleaching
High-inversion densities in Nd:YAG: upconversion and bleaching
We report on the investigation of upconversion in Nd:YAG and its implications for intensely pumped devices. Analysis of lifetime measurements and the performance of a 1 at.% Nd-doped YAG amplifier give an Auger upconversion rate of 7 x 10-3 / s. This is significantly smaller than previously reported, but modeling of the performance of Nd:YAG devices with high-inversion densities shows that even this rate can still seriously degrade the small-signal gain and significantly increase the thermal load. The variation of cross-relaxation and upconversion rates with doping level is also described. Finally, it is found that the effect of bleaching of the Nd:YAG absorption can lead to a reduced spatial overlap between the signal and inversion profiles and thus can also significantly reduce the gain.
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Guy, S.
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Guy, S., Bonner, C.L., Shepherd, D.P., Hanna, D.C., Tropper, A.C. and Ferrand, B. (1998) High-inversion densities in Nd:YAG: upconversion and bleaching. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 34 (5), 900-909. (doi:10.1109/3.668778).

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We report on the investigation of upconversion in Nd:YAG and its implications for intensely pumped devices. Analysis of lifetime measurements and the performance of a 1 at.% Nd-doped YAG amplifier give an Auger upconversion rate of 7 x 10-3 / s. This is significantly smaller than previously reported, but modeling of the performance of Nd:YAG devices with high-inversion densities shows that even this rate can still seriously degrade the small-signal gain and significantly increase the thermal load. The variation of cross-relaxation and upconversion rates with doping level is also described. Finally, it is found that the effect of bleaching of the Nd:YAG absorption can lead to a reduced spatial overlap between the signal and inversion profiles and thus can also significantly reduce the gain.

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Published date: 1998

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Local EPrints ID: 77876
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/77876
ISSN: 0018-9197
PURE UUID: 32e894e6-83d1-4acb-b674-4c80bc11b3d4
ORCID for D.P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:34

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Author: S. Guy
Author: C.L. Bonner
Author: D.P. Shepherd ORCID iD
Author: D.C. Hanna
Author: A.C. Tropper
Author: B. Ferrand

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