Yv. Malyukin et al., ANOMALOUS REDISTRIBUTION OF THE INTENSITY IN THE ABSORPTION-SPECTRA OF A PR3+LAF3 CRYSTAL, Kvantovaa elektronika, 24(3), 1997, pp. 283-285
An experimental investigation was made of the optical absorption spect
ra representing transitions in the Pr3+ ion in crystalline LaF3 and Y2
SiO5 matrices The investigation was carried out in the temperature ran
ge 5-80 K. An anomalous redistribution of the intensity was observed i
n the absorption spectrum of a Pr3+:LaF3 crystal. This redistribution
did not agree with the hypothesis of the Boltzmann population of the s
tates in discrete multilevel systems.