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Tytuł:
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Open-aperture Z-scan study for absorption saturation: accurate measurement of saturation intensity in YLF:Yb for optical refrigeration.
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Autorzy:
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Volpi A
Kock J
Albrecht AR
Hehlen MP
Epstein RI
Sheik-Bahae M
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Źródło:
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Optics letters [Opt Lett] 2021 Mar 15; Vol. 46 (6), pp. 1421-1424.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Publication: Washington, DC : Optica Publishing Group
Original Publication: New York, Optical Society of America.
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20210315 Latest Revision: 20210316
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Update Code:
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20240104
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DOI:
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10.1364/OL.419551
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PMID:
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33720202
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Knowledge of saturation intensity of gain or absorption plays a fundamental role in a variety of applications ranging from lasers to many nonlinear optical processes. Here, we present an analytical expression for open-aperture Z-scan transmission for accurately measuring the saturation intensity in the low absorbance samples but at arbitrary pump intensities. We exploit this formalism to investigate the absorption saturation of L i Y F 4 : Y b 3+ (YLF:Yb) in the anti-Stokes excitation region for optical refrigeration at high pump intensities. An absorption saturation intensity of 14.5±1 k W / c m 2 was measured in YLF:Yb at 1020 nm ( E || c ) at room temperature.