Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Dressed controlled filter with phase transitions of Eu 3+ : YPO 4 and Pr 3+ : YPO 4
Habib Ullah, Faizan Raza, Fahad Nawaz, Ali Zamin, Jin-Yang Li, Yanpeng Zhang
Abstract
We report the spectral and temporal nature of different phases of europium-doped YPO (Eu 3+ : YPO 4 ) and praseodymium-doped YPO (Pr 3+ : YPO 4 ) crystals. We investigate the change in the dressing effect by shifting the energy levels causing change in line-shape and resolution of the output spectral signal when we employ the hexagonal (H), tetragonal (T), and mixed phase of H and T with different proportions. Further, we propose a tunable spectral filter (narrow bandpass notch filter and bandstop filter) by controlling the dressed phases of Eu 3+ : YPO 4 . The high-resolution dressing peak suggests the realization of the tunable spectral filter with bandwidth contrast of about 93%.