Citation:
Macfarlane, R. M. ; Shelby, R. M. ; Genack, A. Z. ; Weitz, D. A. Nuclear-quadrupole optical hole burning in the stoichiometric material eup5o14. Optics Letters 1980, 5 462-464. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/y3ltabzd
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Abstract:
Hole burning, which is attributed to optical pumping of nuclear-quadrupole levels, has been observed in the stoichiometric rare-earth compound, EuP5O14. The long lifetime of these holes (∼60 min) implies slow nuclear-spin flip-flop rates. The small magnetic moment of Eu3+ has prevented conventional magnetic-resonance measurements on Eu3+ compounds, but hole burning provides a sensitive method for the optical detection of nuclear-magnetic resonance and nuclear-quadrupole resonance. We have used hole burning and optically detected nuclear-quadrupole resonance to determine quadrupole splittings in the ground (7F0) and excited (5D0) states.