Zeeman-level lifetimes in Er3+:Y2SiO5

Hastings-Simon, Sara; Lauritzen, Bjorn; Staudt, Matthias Ulrich; van Mechelen, Jacobus Lodevicus Martinu; Simon, Christoph; de Riedmatten, Hugues; Afzelius, Mikael; Gisin, Nicolas

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.085410

Scientific article

English

Zeeman-level lifetimes in Er³⁺:Y₂SiO₅

Contributors

Hastings-Simon, Sara; Lauritzen, Bjorn; Staudt, Matthias Ulrich; van Mechelen, Jacobus Lodevicus Martinu; Simon, Christoph; de Riedmatten, Hugues; Afzelius, Mikael

; Gisin, Nicolas

Published in

Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, vol. 78, no. 8

Publication date

2008

Abstract

We present measurements of Zeeman-level population lifetimes in Er3+:Y2SiO5 at low magnetic fields and low temperatures. Using spectral hole burning spectroscopy, we investigate the dynamics and temperature dependence of the hole structure due to the Zeeman interaction. Evidence for population storage in Zeeman levels with lifetimes of up to 130 ms is found in the form of long-lived spectral holes and antiholes. We also observe that a subset of the erbium ions exhibit very long-lived holes with lifetimes as long as 60 s at 2.8 K.

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Groupe de physique appliquée

Citation (ISO format)

HASTINGS-SIMON, Sara et al. Zeeman-level lifetimes in Er³⁺:Y₂SiO₅. In: Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, 2008, vol. 78, n° 8. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.085410

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:36628
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.085410

Journal ISSN

1098-0121

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