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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Investigations of population relaxation properties of hyperfine sublevels in 167Er3+ ions doped in a Y2SiO5 crystal

Daisuke Hashimoto, Kaoru Shimizu

Published Jun 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We have established the lifetime t1of the hyperfine sublevels of167Er3+ions in Y2SiO5using spectral hole burning, measuring it as 37.8 + 8.9 ms at 2.25 K. Its temperature dependence varies as (1/T)n(n ~ 3).
DOI
10.1109/cleopr.2013.6599946

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