Nanopatterned luminescent concentrators for visible light communications

Y Dong, M Shi, X Yang, P Zeng, J Gong, S Zheng… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Visible light communication (VLC) is a promising candidate for high-speed wireless
communication with numerous unlicensed spectrum. To achieve high-speed data …

Ce: LYSO, from scintillator to solid-state lighting as a blue luminescent concentrator

L Lopez, P Pichon, P Loiseau, B Viana, R Mahiou… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cerium-doped lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate (Ce: LYSO) is a well-known single crystal
scintillator used in medical imaging and security scanners. Recent development of high …

LED-pumped alexandrite laser oscillator and amplifier

P Pichon, A Barbet, JP Blanchot, F Druon… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Taking advantage of light-emitting-diode (LED) performance breakthrough driven by the
lighting market, we report, to the best of our knowledge, the first LED-pumped chromium …

First demonstration of a LED-side-pumped acousto-optic Q-switched Nd: YAG rod laser with high repetition rate and beam quality operation

J Shen, S Jiang, X Huang, R Jiang, P Lu, S Xu - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
We demonstrate an acousto-optic Q-switched LED-pumped laser with high repetition rate
and beam quality with a compact linear cavity. By optimizing design of the LED-pumped Nd …

Light-emitting diodes: a new paradigm for Ti: sapphire pumping

P Pichon, A Barbet, JP Blanchot, F Druon, F Balembois… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Ti: sapphire presents unequaled tuning properties. However, because of a short lifetime, the
energy cannot be stored in Ti^ 3+ upper level, which makes this gain medium difficult to …

Solid-state source of intense yellow light based on a Ce: YAG luminescent concentrator

J Sathian, JD Breeze, B Richards, NMN Alford… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A luminescent concentrator functioning as a bright source of yellow light is reported. It
comprises a waveguide made of cerium-doped YAG crystal, in the form of a long-thin …

Exploring light-emitting diode pumped luminescent concentrators in solid-state laser applications

HCS Perera, B Ford, G Das, F Balembois… - … and Applications in …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In the past, there were limited efforts to use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for pumping solid-
state lasers. However, these attempts were overshadowed by the introduction of laser …

LED-side-pumped Nd: YAG laser with> 20% optical efficiency and the demonstration of an efficient passively Q-switched LED-pumped solid-state laser

CY Cho, CC Pu, KW Su, YF Chen - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A LED-array-pumped Nd: YAG laser with optical conversion efficiency up to 20.2% is
demonstrated by direct side-pumping without a coupling lens. The 810-nm LED array with a …

LED-pumped Er: Cr: YSGG light sources

L Lopez, F Druon, P Georges, F Balembois - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
For, what we believe is, the first time, an Er: Cr: YSGG crystal is pumped by LEDs through a
Ce: YAG luminescent concentrator. We demonstrate both laser emission at 2.79 µm and …

Design and development of a high-performance LED-side-pumped Nd: YAG rod laser

J Shen, X Huang, S Jiang, R Jiang, H Wang… - Chinese Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a design and development of a high-performance light-emitting diode (LED)-
side-pumped Nd: YAG rod laser with strong pulse energy, high efficiency, and consistency …