ENERGY-TRANSFER PROCESSES IN Y3AL5O12-TM,HO

被引:62
作者
FRENCH, VA [1 ]
PETRIN, RR [1 ]
POWELL, RC [1 ]
KOKTA, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNION CARBIDE CORP,WASHOUGAL,WA 98671
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 46卷 / 13期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.46.8018
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The characteristics of energy transfer and migration processes important in the optical dynamics of Y3Al5O12:Tm,Ho and Y3Al5O12:Tm laser crystals were investigated. Laser-induced grating spectroscopy was used to study spatial migration of energy among the Tm ions as a function of both temperature and Tm ion concentration. The presence of energy migration was identified in the H-3(4) level, and this was shown to enhance the cross-relaxation process from this level. Efficient long-range energy migration was found to take place in the F-4(3) level, which enhances the energy transfer to Ho3+ ions. The parameters describing excitation migration were determined experimentally and used to calculate an overall Tm-Ho energy transfer rate. This was found to be in close agreement with the rate determined by the results of fluorescence spectral dynamics measurements. Theoretical estimates were made of the fundamental ion-ion interaction rates responsible for each of the physicsl processes investigated here and the results were all found to be in close agreement with the experimentally determined values.
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页码:8018 / 8026
页数:9
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