Demonstration of site-selective angular-resolved absorption spectroscopy of the 4I15/2 - 4I13/2 erbium transition in the monoclinic crystal Y2SiO5
PETIT, Yannick
Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications [CELIA]
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Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications [CELIA]
PETIT, Yannick
Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications [CELIA]
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Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications [CELIA]
Language
en
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Optical Materials: X. 2020-12, vol. 8, p. 100062
Elsevier
English Abstract
We study the angular dependence in polarized light of the optical absorption for the \er transition $^{4}I_{15/2} \rightarrow $$^{4}I_{13/2}$ in Y$_2$SiO$_5$, revealing thus the associated anisotropy and the orientation ...Read more >
We study the angular dependence in polarized light of the optical absorption for the \er transition $^{4}I_{15/2} \rightarrow $$^{4}I_{13/2}$ in Y$_2$SiO$_5$, revealing thus the associated anisotropy and the orientation of the related absorption principal directions in the dielectric plan perpendicular to the monoclinic axis b. The measurements are performed at low temperature. This allows us to isolate the lowest crystal field levels in the ground and excited states. We spectrally resolve and independently characterize the two yttrium substitution sites in the Y$_2$SiO$_5$ matrix. The absorption tensor components cannot be unambiguously determined yet while only considering the investigated dielectric plane. Still, measurements remarkably demonstrate that this transition of interest for quantum optical memories is not only a magnetic-dipole allowed transition but indeed a hybrid electric-magnetic transition.Read less <
ANR Project
Physics: Atoms, Light, Matter - ANR-10-LABX-0039
Interfaces microonde spin de terres rares pour le traitement quantique de l'information - ANR-19-CE47-0011
Interfaces microonde spin de terres rares pour le traitement quantique de l'information - ANR-19-CE47-0011
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