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Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of gadolinium iron borate GdFe3(BO3)4

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Abstract

The optical spectra and the second-harmonic generation (SHG) are studied in a noncentrosymmetric GdFe3(BO3)4 magnet. In the region of weak absorption (α∼20–400 cm−1) below ∼3 eV, three absorption bands are distinguished, which can be unambiguously assigned to forbidden electronic transitions from the ground 6 A 1 state of the Fe3+ ion to its excited states 4 T 1(∼1.4 eV), 4 T 2(∼2 eV), and 4 A 1, 4 E(∼2.8 eV). Intense absorption begins in the region above 3 eV (α∼2–4×105 cm−1), where two bands at ∼4.0 and 4.8 eV are observed, which are caused by allowed electric dipole charge-transfer transitions. The spectral features of SHG in the 1.2–3.0-eV region are explained by a change in the SHG efficiency caused by a change in the phase mismatch. It is shown that in the weak absorption region, phase matching can be achieved for SHG.

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  1. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    A. M. Kalashnikova, V. V. Pavlov & R. V. Pisarev

  2. Institute of Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    L. N. Bezmaternykh

  3. Experimental Physics II, Dortmund University, Dortmund, 44227, Germany

    M. Bayer

  4. NSRIM Institute, University of Nijmegen, 6525, the Netherlands

    Th. Rasing

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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 80, No. 5, 2004, pp. 339–343.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Kalashnikova, Pavlov, Pisarev, Bezmaternykh, Bayer, Rasing.

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Kalashnikova, A.M., Pavlov, V.V., Pisarev, R.V. et al. Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of gadolinium iron borate GdFe3(BO3)4 . Jetp Lett. 80, 293–297 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1825108

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