Published May 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Resonance electronic Raman scattering in erbium phosphate crystals

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
  • 2. Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Description

Resonance enhancement factors of 10 to 100 have been observed for the electronic Raman scattering transitions in crystals of pure ErPO4 and 1% Er3+ diluted in LuPO4. 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 4F/sub 7/2/ multiplet of Er3+. The differences in relative intensities between the transitions in ErPO4 and those in 1% Er3+ in LuPO4 arise from shifts in the energy levels in the two systems and suggest that quantum-mechanical interference effects play an important role

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Journal Title
Opt. Lett.
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
5
Series
Opt. Lett.
Journal Page Range
282-284
ISSN
0146-9592
CODEN
OPLED