• DocumentCode
    1139711
  • Title

    An experimental upper limit to the nonradiative relaxation time between the4T2and2T1states of ruby

  • Author

    Anson, M. ; Smith, Ross

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron., University of Southampton, Southampton, England
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1970
  • fDate
    5/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    268
  • Lastpage
    269
  • Abstract
    An upper limit of 4 ns has been determined for the nonradiative relaxation times between the4T2and2T1states of ruby. This value was deduced from the rate of rise of the red2T1fluorescences from ruby crystals pumped by the second harmonic of a 1.06-μ laser.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Crystals; Filters; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Oscilloscopes; Photomultipliers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1970.1076452
  • Filename
    1076452
    • Link To Document
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