Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burning
High-quality rare-earth-ion (REI) doped materials are a prerequisite for many applications such as quantum memories, ultra-high-resolution optical spectrum analyzers and information processing. Compared to bulk materials, REI doped powders offer low-cost fabrication and a greater range of accessible...
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| author | Thomas Lutz Lucile Veissier Charles W. Thiel Philip J. T. Woodburn Rufus L. Cone Paul E. Barclay Wolfgang Tittel |
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| description | High-quality rare-earth-ion (REI) doped materials are a prerequisite for many applications such as quantum memories, ultra-high-resolution optical spectrum analyzers and information processing. Compared to bulk materials, REI doped powders offer low-cost fabrication and a greater range of accessible material systems. Here we show that crystal properties, such as nuclear spin lifetime, are strongly affected by mechanical treatment, and that spectral hole burning can serve as a sensitive method to characterize the quality of REI doped powders. We focus on the specific case of thulium doped $$ \mathrm{Y}_3\mathrm{Al}_5\mathrm{O}_{12} $$ (Tm:YAG). Different methods for obtaining the powders are compared and the influence of annealing on the spectroscopic quality of powders is investigated on a few examples. We conclude that annealing can reverse some detrimental effects of powder fabrication and, in certain cases, the properties of the bulk material can be reached. Our results may be applicable to other impurities and other crystals, including color centers in nano-structured diamond. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a134dc010d84c20b513052a3ac5c1552022-12-21T22:53:31ZengTaylor & Francis GroupScience and Technology of Advanced Materials1468-69961878-55142016-01-01171637010.1080/14686996.2016.11485281148528Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burningThomas Lutz0Lucile Veissier1Charles W. Thiel2Philip J. T. Woodburn3Rufus L. Cone4Paul E. Barclay5Wolfgang Tittel6 Department of Physics & Astronomy, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary Department of Physics & Astronomy, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary Department of Physics, Montana State University Department of Physics, Montana State University Department of Physics, Montana State University Department of Physics & Astronomy, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary Department of Physics & Astronomy, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary High-quality rare-earth-ion (REI) doped materials are a prerequisite for many applications such as quantum memories, ultra-high-resolution optical spectrum analyzers and information processing. Compared to bulk materials, REI doped powders offer low-cost fabrication and a greater range of accessible material systems. Here we show that crystal properties, such as nuclear spin lifetime, are strongly affected by mechanical treatment, and that spectral hole burning can serve as a sensitive method to characterize the quality of REI doped powders. We focus on the specific case of thulium doped $$ \mathrm{Y}_3\mathrm{Al}_5\mathrm{O}_{12} $$ (Tm:YAG). Different methods for obtaining the powders are compared and the influence of annealing on the spectroscopic quality of powders is investigated on a few examples. We conclude that annealing can reverse some detrimental effects of powder fabrication and, in certain cases, the properties of the bulk material can be reached. Our results may be applicable to other impurities and other crystals, including color centers in nano-structured diamond.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2016.1148528rare earth ion doped powderspowder processingpowder synthesisannealingspectral hole burning |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Lutz Lucile Veissier Charles W. Thiel Philip J. T. Woodburn Rufus L. Cone Paul E. Barclay Wolfgang Tittel Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burning Science and Technology of Advanced Materials rare earth ion doped powders powder processing powder synthesis annealing spectral hole burning |
| title | Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burning |
| title_full | Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burning |
| title_fullStr | Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burning |
| title_short | Effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in Tm-doped Y3Al5O12 powders studied using spectral hole burning |
| title_sort | effects of fabrication methods on spin relaxation and crystallite quality in tm doped y3al5o12 powders studied using spectral hole burning |
| topic | rare earth ion doped powders powder processing powder synthesis annealing spectral hole burning |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2016.1148528 |
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