SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES AND EXCITED-STATE RELAXATION DYNAMICS OF ER3+ IN LINBO3

Authors
DOMINIAKDZIK G GOLAB S PRACKA I RYBAROMANOWSKI W
Citation
G. Dominiakdzik et al., SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES AND EXCITED-STATE RELAXATION DYNAMICS OF ER3+ IN LINBO3, Applied physics. A, Solids and surfaces, 58(6), 1994, pp. 551-555
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics. A, Solids and surfaces → ACNP
ISSN journal
07217250
Volume
58
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
551 - 555
Database
ISI
SICI code
0721-7250(1994)58:6<551:SPAERD>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Nonequivalent Er3+ sites in LiNbO3 crystals have been evidenced by low -temperature optical absorption measurements. The radiative transition rates for the S-4(3/2), F-4(9/2), I-4(9/2), I-4(11/2), and I-4(13/2) levels have been evaluated by the Judd-Ofelt method, and the contribut ion of multiphonon relaxation to the decay of excited states has been estimated. The quantum efficiency of the I-4(11/2) level has been esti mated to be 6% only, thus the excitation of levels lower than S-4(3/2) is expected to populate efficiently the I-4(13/2) level.