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High upconversion optical gain of Er3+-doped tellurite glass

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The upconversion technique of rare-earth-doped glasses or crystals is a potential route for achieving short-wavelength lasers (SWLs). The optical gain is an important parameter for evaluating lasing medium performance. Therefore, upconversion luminescence in glass with composition of 70TeO2–9PbF2–10AlF3–10BaF2–1Er2O3 was demonstrated, and the small-signal optical gain was measured via an amplified spontaneous emission technique when the sample was excited with a 980 nm laser. It was found that the optical gain was as large as 4.0 dB/cm, thus indicating that this glass may be a good medium for SWLs.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant nos. 51002041, 51272109, 11104023, 11104024, 11274057 and 11374044), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant nos. 3132013317 and 3132013100), the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (Grant nos. 20111031, 20111032 and 201202019), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Grant no. R4100364) and the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (973 Program, Grant no. 2012CB626801).

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    S. B. Fu, B. J. Chen, J. S. Zhang, X. P. Li, H. Zhong, B. N. Tian, Y. Z. Wang, M. Sun, X. Q. Zhang, L. H. Cheng & H. Y. Zhong

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Fu, S.B., Chen, B.J., Zhang, J.S. et al. High upconversion optical gain of Er3+-doped tellurite glass. Appl. Phys. A 115, 1329–1333 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7993-8

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