Study of the Line Intensity in the Optical and Magnetooptical Spectra in Holmium-containing Paramagnetic Garnets

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2016

Keywords

Paramagnetic garnets, Crystal field, Magnetooptics, Magnetic circular polarized luminescence

Abstract

Studies of line intensity in the optical and magneto-optical spectra in the holmium-containing paramagnetic garnet Ho3+:YAG were carried out within the visible spectrum at T = 85 K. Detailed investigation of the magnetic circularly polarized luminescence spectra at 85 and 300 K on 5S2 → 5I8 emission transition in Ho3+:YAG was carried out. A quasi-doublet state in the energy spectrum of the Ho3+ ions was observed, characterized by a significant magneto-optical activity, which is caused by a large Zeeman splitting of the quasi-doublet. The measurement of the magnetic circular polarized luminescence spectrum carried out within one of the emission lines of the luminescence band 5S2 → 5I8 in Ho3+:YAG at 85 K shows significant magneto-optical effects of the intensity change of the emitted light, compared to that measured for the other emission lines in the same luminescent band.

Journal Title

Optical Materials

Volume

51

First Page

42

Last Page

49

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2015.11.018

First Department

Physics

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