Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
Tm +3 decay in chromium-thulium-holmium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet at liquid helium temperatures
Stanley R. Rotman, Avishay Eyal, Yehoshua Y. Kalisky, A. Brenier, Christian Pedrini, G. Boulon, Francis X. Hartmann
Abstract
The standard expression for the excited state acceptor concentration in codoped solid-state materials is modified to include the possibility of non-radiative acceptor de-excitation. The chromium and thulium time-dependent emission in yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) is then studied; evidence is given for the identification of the tendency for localized correlated chromium-thulium pairs in the crystalline material.