IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/srlxxx/v09y2002i01ns0218625x02002919.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

VUV SPECTROSCOPY OF CRYSTALLINE EMITTERS BASED ON5d–4fTRANSITIONS IN RARE EARTH IONS

Author

Listed:
  • V. N. MAKHOV

    (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow 117924, Russia)

  • N. YU. KIRIKOVA

    (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow 117924, Russia)

  • N. M. KHAIDUKOV

    (Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117907, Russia)

  • M. KIRM

    (II. Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 22761, Germany)

  • E. NEGODIN

    (II. Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 22761, Germany)

  • G. ZIMMERER

    (II. Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 22761, Germany)

  • S. K. LAM

    (Physics Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China)

  • D. LO

    (Physics Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China)

  • J. C. KRUPA

    (Institut de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay Cedex 91406, France)

  • J. Y. GESLAND

    (Université du Maine, 72017 Le Mans, France)

Abstract

The spectroscopic properties of several fluoride crystals (LiYF4,KYF4,K2YF5,KLiYF5,CsY2F7,SrF2) doped withNd3+,Er3+orTm3+are analyzed from the viewpoint of their possible applications as active media for VUV solid state lasers. It has been found that in many crystals there exists very efficient nonradiative relaxation from higher-lying5dstates to the lowest5dlevel responsible for the spin-forbidden luminescence. In fact, the energy level diagram of5d–4ftransitions for these two ions represents a typical four-level laser scheme with a considerably larger Stokes shift of5d–4fluminescence from the edge of the strong spin-allowed4f–5dabsorption than forNd3+, which causes smaller reabsorption of emitted VUV radiation in the crystals doped withEr3+orTm3+. Two crystalsLiYF4:Nd3+andSrF2:Er3+were tested for laser action under pumping by a pulsedF2laser operating at 157 nm. However, no indications of the appearance of stimulated emission have been detected for both crystals. The possible reasons for the absence of lasing are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • V. N. Makhov & N. Yu. Kirikova & N. M. Khaidukov & M. Kirm & E. Negodin & G. Zimmerer & S. K. Lam & D. Lo & J. C. Krupa & J. Y. Gesland, 2002. "VUV SPECTROSCOPY OF CRYSTALLINE EMITTERS BASED ON5d–4fTRANSITIONS IN RARE EARTH IONS," Surface Review and Letters (SRL), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 9(01), pages 621-626.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:09:y:2002:i:01:n:s0218625x02002919
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X02002919
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218625X02002919
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S0218625X02002919?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:09:y:2002:i:01:n:s0218625x02002919. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/srl/srl.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.