AN INTERNAL QUANTUM COUNTER FOR LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS

被引:15
作者
PELLETIERALLARD, N
PELLETIER, R
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[1] Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, 91405 Orsay Cedex, Bât. 505, Campus d'Orsay
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10.1016/0030-4018(91)90647-V
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Excitation power thresholds and avalanche processes have been investigated on two infrared metastable levels of Nd-doped CeCl3. An internal quantum counter effect obtained with a single laser radiation is shown to be responsible for the avalanche and is used in order to estimate the lifetimes of the two infrared levels.
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