Up-conversion and excitation energy transfer between impurity ions in Pr3+: Y2SiO5, Pr3+: Lu2SiO5, and Pr3+: Gd2SiO5crystals
Nikolay V Znamenskiy, Eduard A. Manykin, Yurii V Orlov +6 more
Anti-Stokes fluorescence from the 3 P 0 level of impurity ions was detected in Pr 3+ : Y 2 SiO 5 , Pr 3+ : Lu 2 SiO 5 , and Pr 3+ : Gd 2 SiO 5 crystals non-resonantly pumped by laser radiation with a certain power density. The integrated intensity of the anti-Stokes fluorescence depends nonlinearly on the pump power density. As the atomic concentration of impurity ions was increased from 0.3% to 0.6% and 1.8%, the anti-Stokes fluorescence intensity was saturated due to the concentration quenching of the 1 D 2 term of the impurity Pr 3+ ions. The anti-Stokes fluorescence and quenching of the 1 D 2 term occur due to the cross relaxation of the electronic energy of excited terms of the Pr 3+ ions.
Quantum Electronics•Jul 31, 2004•4 citations