ULTRASLOW DEPHASING AND DEPHASING MECHANISMS IN RARE-EARTH MATERIALS FOR OPTICAL-DATA STORAGE

Authors
CONE RL EQUALL RW SUN Y MACFARLANE RM HUTCHESON R
Citation
Rl. Cone et al., ULTRASLOW DEPHASING AND DEPHASING MECHANISMS IN RARE-EARTH MATERIALS FOR OPTICAL-DATA STORAGE, Laser physics, 5(3), 1995, pp. 573-575
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Laser physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1054660X
Volume
5
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
573 - 575
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-660X(1995)5:3<573:UDADMI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Measurement of an optical dephasing time of 2.6 ms for Eu3+ : Y2SiO5 c orresponds to an optical resonance width of 122 Hz or Q > 4 x 10(12), the narrowest optical resonance observed in a solid. Optical dephasing mechanisms are discussed from the perspective of applications to time -domain optical storage and signal processing and to sensitive probing of small interactions in solids.