Steady State Analysis of Photon Avalanche Effect

• Authors: F. Pellé , P. Goldner
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An analysis of the three-level model for avalanche up-conversion in a steady state case is presented. Until now, no quantitative criterion has been defined to distinguish avalanche from nonlinear processes giving rise to anti-Stokes emissions. From our model, we drive a quantitative limit for the ratio between non resonant and resonant absorption cross-section to observe an avalanche process. Application of these calculations to practical cases demonstrates the ability of our model to predict an avalanche behavior. The interest of avalanche to pump up-conversion lasers is discussed by introducing a term in the rate equations due to the stimulated emission.

Keywords

EN

42.50.Hz; 42.62.Fi; 42.70.Hj; 78.50.Ec

Discipline

• 42.70.Hj: Laser materials
• 42.50.Hz: Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems; multiphoton processes; dynamic Stark shift(for multiphoton ionization and excitation of atoms and molecules, see 32.80.Rm, and 33.80.Rv, respectively)
• 42.62.Fi: Laser spectroscopy

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1996
• Volume: 90
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 197-205

Dates

published

1996-07

Contributors

author

F. Pellé

• Groupe d'Optique des Terres Rares, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux-UPR 211 CNRS, 1 pl. Aristide Briand, Meudon Bellevue, France
• France-Telecom, CNET Laboratoire de Bagneux, B.P.107, 92225 Bagneux, France

author

P. Goldner

• Groupe d'Optique des Terres Rares, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux-UPR 211 CNRS, 1 pl. Aristide Briand, Meudon Bellevue, France
• France-Telecom, CNET Laboratoire de Bagneux, B.P.107, 92225 Bagneux, France

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.90.197