M. Ichida et al., PHOTODOPING EFFECT AND ULTRAFAST CARRIER RELAXATION IN INSULATING YBACUO AND ND2CUO4 THIN-FILMS, Journal of luminescence, 66-7(1-6), 1995, pp. 379-382
We have investigated femtosecond photodoping effects in insulating YBa
2Cu3O6.2 and Nd2CuO4 thin films by means of femtosecond pump-probe spe
ctroscopy. A change in the whole absorption spectrum in the visible re
gion is observed after irradiation by femtosecond laser pulses, and th
is can be explained as a carrier doping effect induced by a laser puls
e. The fast decay behavior of the charge-transfer excited state result
s from the nonradiative transition with emission of magnons.