Accession Number:
ADA055231
Title:
Multistep Energy Migration and Radiationless Relaxation Processes in Phosphor and Laser Crystals.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV STILLWATER DEPT OF PHYSICS
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Report Date:
1978-05-16
Pagination or Media Count:
37.0
Abstract:
An extensive investigation of the spectroscopic properties of NdxY1-xP5O14 is reported. Time-resolved site-selection spectroscopy and photoacoustic spectroscopy techniques were used as well as standard optical spectroscopy measurements which were made as a function of Nd concentration, temperature, excitation wavelength and laser power. Results show that Nd ions occupy a variety of slightly perturbed sites. No significant energy transfer appears to be taking place between ions in these inequivalent sites. Additional experimental data presented here suggests a new quenching model for neodymium pentaphosphate crystals based on spatial but non-spectral energy migration to surface quenching sites. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Lasers and Masers
- Crystallography
- Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy