Selective excitation of activator centers in condensed media with inhomogeneous spectral line broadening
Evgenii M Dianov, Aleksandr Ya Karasik, Ivan A Shcherbakov
Neodymium (Nd 3+ ) ions in mixed yttrofluorite crystals were excited by Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Nd 3+ laser radiation. Luminescence spectra of these ions were recorded in 5x10 –6 sec after a delay time (relative to a short excitation pulse), which was varied within the range from 3 × 10 –5 to 2 × 10 –3 sec. The spectra recorded during the initial stages of the decay of the 4 F 3/2 metastable state were quite different from the spectra recorded under nonselective excitation conditions. The selectively excited spectra varied with time because of the migration of energy between metastable states but this migration was completed in a time of the order of 10 –3 sec at T = 300°K when the concentration of NdF 3 was 1 wt.%. The results indicated a correlation between the spectra of the energy levels of Nd 3+ in yttrofluorite crystals and structural disorder.
Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics•May 31, 1977•5 citations