Resonance electronic Raman scattering in erbium phosphate crystals

Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Opt. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.11.000282· OSTI ID:5539550

Becker, P C; Williams, G M; Russo, R E; Edelstein, N; Koningstein, J A; Boatner, L A; Abraham, M M

Resonance enhancement factors of 10 to 100 have been observed for the electronic Raman scattering transitions in crystals of pure ErPO/sub 4/ and 1% Er/sup 3 +/ diluted in LuPO/sub 4/. The resonances were excited by the 488.0-nm line of an argon-ion laser. This line is nearly coincident with the crystal-field levels of the /sup 4/F/sub 7/2/ multiplet of Er/sup 3 +/. The differences in relative intensities between the transitions in ErPO/sub 4/ and those in 1% Er/sup 3 +/ in LuPO/sub 4/ arise from shifts in the energy levels in the two systems and suggest that quantum-mechanical interference effects play an important role.

• Research Organization: Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5539550
• Journal Information: Opt. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 11:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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