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Table 1.2.3
Cascade Laser Schemes
Laser Lasing
ion Cascade transitions wavelengths ( m) Ref.
5
5
5
Ho 3+ 5 S fi I I fi I 7 1.4, 2.9 194
5 ß
2
6
5 I fi I fi I 8 1.2, 3.9 231
5
5
6
7
4
4
4
Er 3+ 4 S 3/2 fi I 9/2 ß I 11/2 fi I 13/2 1.7, 2.7 163
4
4 S 3/2 fi I 9/2 ß I 11/2 fi I 13/2 fi I 15/2 1.7, 2.7, 1.55 232
4
4
4
3
3
3
Tm 3+ 3 H fi H 5 ß F fi H 6 1.48, 1.88 115
4
4
fi lasing transition ß nonradiative transition
Further Reading
Becker, P. C., Olsson, N. A., and Simpson, J. R., Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers,
Academic Press, San Diego (1999).
Davey, S. T., Ainslie, B. J., and Wyatt, R., Waveguide Glasses, in Handbook of Laser
Science and Technology, Suppl. 2: Optical Materials, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
(1995), p. 635.
Desurvire, E., Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers, John Wiley & Sons, New York, (1994).
Digonnet, M. J. F., Ed., Selected Papers on Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Laser Sources and
Amplifiers, SPIE Milestone Series, Vol. MS37, SPIE Optical Engineering Press,
Bellingham, WA (1992).
Digonnet, M. J. F., Ed., Rare Earth Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Marcel Dekker,
New York (1993).

France, P. W., Ed., Optical Fibre Lasers and Amplifiers, Blackie and Sons, Ltd., Glasgow
and London (1991).
Hall, D. W. and Weber, M. J., Glass Lasers, in Handbook of Laser Science and
Technology, Suppl. 1: Lasers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (1991), p. 137.

Miniscalco, W. J., Erbium-doped glasses for fiber amplifiers at 1500 nm, J. Lightwave
Techn. 9, 234 (1991).

Rapp, C. F., Laser Glasses: Bulk Glasses, in Handbook of Laser Science and Technology,
Suppl. 2: Optical Materials, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (1995), p. 619.

Stokowski, S. E., Glass Lasers, in Handbook of Laser Science and Technology, Vol. I:
Lasers and Masers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (1982), p. 215.

Weber, M. J., Science and technology of laser glass, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 123, 208 (1991).

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