Title :
Optimizing erbium doped materials for optical processing, memory, and laser frequency stabilization applications at 1.5 /spl mu/m
Author :
Bottger, T. ; Thiel, C.W. ; Sun, Y. ; Cone, R.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Abstract :
Dramatically lengthened coherence lifetimes in erbium doped crystals for spatial-spectral holography applications at 1.5 /spl mu/m were obtained through optimization of multiple material design parameters. Microscopic processes responsible for spin dynamics were elucidated and quantitatively modeled.
Keywords :
erbium; holographic storage; holography; laser frequency stability; magnetic anisotropy; optical information processing; optical materials; optimisation; spin dynamics; 1.5 mum; Y/sub 2/SiO/sub 5/:Er; erbium doped crystals; erbium doped materials; laser frequency stabilization; lengthened coherence lifetimes; magnetic anisotropy; microscopic processes; multiple material design parameters; optical memory; optical processing; optimization; spatial-spectral holography; spin dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
