Color center production by femtosecond-pulse laser irradiation in fluoride crystals |
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Authors: | L. C. Courrol R. E. Samad L. Gomes I. M. Ranieri S. L. Baldochi A. Z. Freitas S. P. Morato N. D. Vieira Jr. |
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Affiliation: | 1. Laboratório de Espectroscopia óptica, CEETEPS, Fatec-SP, Pra?a Coronel Fernando Prestes 30, S?o Paulo, Brazil 2. Centro de Lasers e Aplica??es, CNEN-IPEN-SP, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 2242, S?o Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract: | Color centers are lattice vacancy defects trapping electrons or holes. They are easily created in single crystals by irradiation with ionizing radiation. We report the production of color centers in LiF and LiYF4 single crystals by ultrashort high-intensity laser pulses (60 fs, 12.5 GW). An intensity threshold for color center creation of 1.9 and 2 TW/cm2 was determined in YLF and LiF, respectively, which is slightly smaller than the continuum generation threshold. Due to the high energy density of the coherent radiation of the focused laser beam, we were able to identify a large amount of F centers, which gave rise to aggregates such as F2, F 2 + , and F 3 + . The proposed mechanism of formation is based on multiphoton excitation, which also produces short-lived F 2 + centers. It is also shown that it is possible to write tracks in the LiF crystals with dimensional control. |
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