• DocumentCode
    1826603
  • Title

    Persistent photon-gated spectral hole burning in LiF:F/sub 2//sup -/ color center crystal

  • Author

    Fedorov, V.V. ; Mirov, S.B. ; Ashenafi, M. ; Liang, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    11-11 May 2001
  • Abstract
    For the first time a persistent spectral-hole burning stable at room temperature was realized in LiF crystals with F/sub 2//sup -/ color centers. The Huang-Rhys factors and zero-phonon linewidth of F/sub 2//sup -/ color centers were studied at 14-350 K temperature range.
  • Keywords
    colour centres; lithium compounds; optical hole burning; optical materials; phonons; spectral line breadth; 14 to 350 K; F/sub 2//sup -/ color centers; Huang-Rhys factors; LiF; LiF:F/sub 2//sup -/ color center crystal; persistent photon-gated spectral hole burning; room temperature stability; zero-phonon linewidth; Absorption; Carbon capture and storage; Free electron lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Luminescence; Phonons; Photonic crystals; Spectroscopy; Temperature dependence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2001. QELS '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-663-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2001.962254
  • Filename
    962254