Experimental upper limit to the time of nonradiative relaxation between42and2 states in ruby
Author :
Pollack, S.
Author_Institution :
TRW Systems Group, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Volume :
4
Issue :
10
fYear :
1968
fDate :
10/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
703
Lastpage :
704
Abstract :
An upper limit of seconds has been determined to the time of nonradiative relaxation between4T2and2 states of ruby. The value was inferred from slope comparison of the experimental and theoretical rise curves of -line fluorescence.
Keywords :
Absorption; Delay effects; Fluorescence; Gas lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Photomultipliers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Sparks; Spectrogram;