Nuclear-quadrupole optical hole burning in the stoichiometric material EuP5O14.

نویسندگان

  • R M Macfarlane
  • R M Shelby
  • A Z Genack
  • D A Weitz
چکیده

Hole burning, which is attributed to optical pumping of nuclear-quadrupole levels, has been observed in the stoichiometric rare-earth compound, EuP5O14 . The long lifetime of these holes (-60 min) implies slow nuclear-spin flip-flop rates. The small magnetic moment of Eu3+ has prevented conventional magnetic-resonance measurements on Eu3+ compounds, but hole burning provides a sensitive method for the optical detection of nuclear-magnetic resonance and nuclear-quadrupole resonance. We have used hole burning and optically detected nuclear-quadrupole resonance to determine quadrupole splittings in the ground (7Fo) and excited (5Do) states.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 5 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1980