Interconfigurational two-photon transitions in Nd^3+:Y_3Al_5O_12

1 June 1993

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Vol. 10 (6), 993-999
https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.10.000993

Abstract

Resonantly enhanced, near-ultraviolet 4f³ → 4f²5d two-photon transitions have been observed in trivalent neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd³⁺:Y₃Al₅O₁₂). The two-photon excitation spectra over the 40 400–46 730 cm⁻¹ transition energy range are characterized by sharp resonance peaks on a slowly varying background caused by nonresonant transitions. The peak two-photon cross section involving the ²P_1/2 resonant intermediate state is 9 × 10⁻⁵¹ cm⁴ s, and the integrated cross section is 2.2 × 10⁻³⁸ cm⁴.

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