Up-Conversion Luminescence and C-Band Laser in Er<sup>3&#x002B;</sup>-Doped Fluorozirconate Glass Microsphere Resonator

Haiyan Zhao; Xin Wang; Ruicong Wang; Angzhen Li; Wenhao Li; Elfed Lewis; Yaxian Fan; Shijie Jia; Shunbin Wang; Pengfei Wang

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2940492

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2019)

Up-Conversion Luminescence and C-Band Laser in Er<sup>3+</sup>-Doped Fluorozirconate Glass Microsphere Resonator

Haiyan Zhao,
Xin Wang,
Ruicong Wang,
Angzhen Li,
Wenhao Li,
Elfed Lewis,
Yaxian Fan,
Shijie Jia,
Shunbin Wang,
Pengfei Wang

Affiliations

Haiyan Zhao: Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Xin Wang: Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Ruicong Wang: Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Angzhen Li: ORCiD; Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Wenhao Li: Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Elfed Lewis: ORCiD; Optical Fiber Sensors Research Centre, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Yaxian Fan: Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Shijie Jia: Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Shunbin Wang: Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Pengfei Wang: ORCiD; Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2940492
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 6
pp. 1 – 7

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Up-conversion luminescence and C-band microsphere laser output is reported for an Er3+-doped ZrF4-BaF2-YF3-AlF3 (ZBYA) fluorozirconate glass microsphere. The microsphere was fabricated by heating a ZBYA glass filament using a CO2 laser beam. The fabrication process accurately and repeatably produces microspheres of 68 μm diameter. The input and output laser light was coupled to the microsphere using a tapered optical fiber. The coupling position between the tapered fiber and microsphere was adjusted using a sophisticated three-dimensional translation stage. The up-conversion luminescence emission, single-mode and multi-mode laser at C-band (1530 to 1565 nm) were observed when pumped using a 980 nm laser.

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ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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