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Polarized absorption spectra and spectroscopic parameters of Tm3+ in the TmAl3(BO3)4 single crystal

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High-optical-quality single crystals of the TmAl3(BO3)4 compound were synthesized from a solution in the melt. The absorption spectra in the σ and π polarizations for the 3 H 6 → 3 F 4, 3 H 6 → 3 H 5, 3 H 6 → 3 H 4, 3 H 6 → 3 F 3, 3 H 6 → 3 F 2, 3 H 6 → 1 G 4, and 3 H 6 → 1 D 2 transitions in the Tm3+ ion were recorded at room temperature. The transition intensities were analyzed in the framework of the Judd-Ofelt theory generalized to the case of anisotropic crystals, and the following parameters of the theory were obtained: Ω2 = 6.14 × 10−20 cm2, Ω4 = 3.09 × 10−20 cm2, and Ω6 = 2.04 × 10−20 cm2. The lifetimes and the branching ratios were determined for all possible transitions.

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  1. Kirensky Institute of Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    A. V. Malakhovskiĭ, A. É. Sokolov, V. L. Temerov, L. N. Bezmaternykh, A. L. Sukhachev & V. A. Seredkin

  2. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pr. Lenina 47, Kharkov, 61103, Ukraine

    S. L. Gnatchenko, I. S. Kachur & V. G. Piryatinskaya

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Malakhovskiĭ A.É. Sokolov, V.L. Temerov, L.N. Bezmaternykh, A.L. Sukhachev, V.A. Seredkin, S.L. Gnatchenko, I.S. Kachur, V.G. Piryatinskaya, 2008, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2008, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 1237–1242.

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Malakhovskiĭ, A.V., Sokolov, A.É., Temerov, V.L. et al. Polarized absorption spectra and spectroscopic parameters of Tm3+ in the TmAl3(BO3)4 single crystal. Phys. Solid State 50, 1287–1293 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783408070159

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