Vv. Semashko et al., INVESTIGATION OF MULTISITE ACTIVATION IN LICAALF6-CE3+ CRYSTALS USINGSTIMULATED QUENCHING OF LUMINESCENCE, Laser physics, 5(1), 1995, pp. 69-72
A new method for the analysis of inhomogeneously broadened luminescenc
e spectra is proposed. The developed technique uses the phenomenon of
stimulated selective quenching of luminescence from activator centers
in various structure-nonequivalent sites. Results of investigations of
multisite activation in LiCaAlF6:Ce3+ crystals are presented. We acco
unt for the discrepancy between the measured efficiency of a LiCAF:Ce
laser and the theoretical estimate of the limiting efficiency of this
laser.