High resolution spectroscopy (the finest being 0.01 cm(-1)) was applied in the 75-25 000 cm(-1) and 9-300 K ranges to a 1 mol% holmium doped YPO4 single crystal with two purposes: (1) to study the hyperfine splitting of Ho3+ energy levels of interest for possible quantum manipulation media and (2) to analyze the electron-phonon interaction. The hyperfine structure was clearly revealed for a high number of lines in a wide wavenumber range (up to similar to 21 500 cm(-1)) and for a large number of multiplets. Several hyperfine patterns were monitored, differing in the number of components (a maximum of 16 could be easily distinguished in a single beautiful pattern), in their separation, and in their relative statistical weight. These features were all understood in terms of a crystal-field model, whose results are in good agreement with experiments and account for the involved level symmetry, the type of transitions (electric and magnetic dipole allowed), and the contribution of a second-order (pseudoquadrupolar) hyperfine coupling between close levels. The electron-phonon interaction, investigated through the thermally induced line shift, was critically discussed in the framework of single phonon coupling and of two phonon Raman scattering models.

Hyperfine structure of Ho3+ levels and electron-phonon coupling in YPO4 single crystals

BETTINELLI, Marco Giovanni
2012-01-01

Abstract

High resolution spectroscopy (the finest being 0.01 cm(-1)) was applied in the 75-25 000 cm(-1) and 9-300 K ranges to a 1 mol% holmium doped YPO4 single crystal with two purposes: (1) to study the hyperfine splitting of Ho3+ energy levels of interest for possible quantum manipulation media and (2) to analyze the electron-phonon interaction. The hyperfine structure was clearly revealed for a high number of lines in a wide wavenumber range (up to similar to 21 500 cm(-1)) and for a large number of multiplets. Several hyperfine patterns were monitored, differing in the number of components (a maximum of 16 could be easily distinguished in a single beautiful pattern), in their separation, and in their relative statistical weight. These features were all understood in terms of a crystal-field model, whose results are in good agreement with experiments and account for the involved level symmetry, the type of transitions (electric and magnetic dipole allowed), and the contribution of a second-order (pseudoquadrupolar) hyperfine coupling between close levels. The electron-phonon interaction, investigated through the thermally induced line shift, was critically discussed in the framework of single phonon coupling and of two phonon Raman scattering models.
2012
OPTICAL-SPECTRA; MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES; ABSORPTION-SPECTRA; TRIVALENT HOLMIUM
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