Magnetic circular dichroism of Pr3+ ions in yttrium—Aluminium garnet crystals

The spectra of the absorption and magnetic circular dichroism in the praseodymium-yttrium garnet-aluminate Pr3+:YAG have been studied within the visible and near ultraviolet (UV) spectral range for temperature T = 90 K and 300 K. Analysis of the spectral and the temperature dependences of the magnetooptical and optical spectra has made it possible to identify the optical 4f → 4f transitions occurring between the Stark sublevels of the 1 D 2, 3 P 0, and 3 H 4 multiplets in Pr3+:YAG. It has been shown that in the MCD mechanism in Pr3+:YAG within the visible and UV spectral range for the absorption bands due to both forbidden 4f → 4f and allowed 4f → 5d transitions, a significant role is being played by the effect of quantum-mechanical “mixing” of the states of the three lowest-energy Stark singlets of the ground-state 3 H 4 multiplet of the non-Kramers RE Pr3+ ion.

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