Exciton Dynamics and Host Sensitized Energy Transfer in Inorganic Crystals.

Abstract

Tunable dye laser spectroscopy was used to study energy transfer processes in CaWO4:Sm(3+) crystals. Fluorescence and excitation transitions for samarium ions in different crystal field sites in calcium tungstate were identified and used to study energy migration among samarium ions as a function of temperature, samarium concentration, time after the laser pulse, and pressure. The interaction mechanism causing energy migration is identified as electric quadrupole-quadrupole. At low temperatures only single step transfer between nearby ions takes place while at high temperatures multistep diffusion occurs efficiently.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1975
Accession Number
ADA017559

Entities

People

  • Chang Hsu
  • George C. Powell
  • George E. Venikouas

Organizations

  • Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dye Lasers
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency Combs
  • High Temperature
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Pulses
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Low Temperature
  • Migration
  • Samarium
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene