Abstract:
In this paper, the spatial and spectral properties of colour centres produced in LiF single crystals by ultrashort high intensity laser pulses are reported. The emission spectra of the centres were measured conventionally and also by confocal microscopy. A large amount of F centres that gave rise to aggregates such as F2, F4, F2+ and F3+ could be identified, showing a microscopic homogeneous distribution. The coloured surfaces were also spatially characterized by atomic force microscopy, and the images show the presence of defects on the modified surface. The formation of micrometric and sub-micrometric structures was observed and related to filamentation processes. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Título: | Determination of a dose-like curve for active colour centres produced in LiF single crystals by ultrashort high intensity laser pulses and a preliminary investigation of their spectral and spatial properties by confocal and atomic microscopies |
Autor: | Courrol, L.C.; Samad, R.E.; Martinez, O.E.; Gomes, L.; Ranieri, I.M.; Baldochi, S.L.; De Freitas, A.Z.; Vieira Junior, N.D. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Cincias Exatas e da Terra, UNIFESP/Campus Diadema, So Paulo, Brazil Centro de Lasers e Aplicaçes, IPEN/CNEN-SP, So Paulo, SP, Brazil Departamento de Física, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Colour centres; LiF; Ultrafast phenomena; Waveguides; Atomic physics; Color; Color centers; Confocal microscopy; Crystals; Emission spectroscopy; Laser beams; Laser pulses; Optical properties; Point defects; Pulsed laser applications; Surface defects; Ultrafast phenomena; Waveguides; Atomic forces; Colour centres; F centres; Filamentation; High intensities; Homogeneous distributions; LiF; LiF single crystals; Micrometric structures; Modified surfaces; Spatial properties; Spectral properties; Single crystals |
Año: | 2008
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Volumen: | 10
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Número: | 10
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/10/10/104023 |
Título revista: | Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
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Título revista abreviado: | J Opt A Pure Appl Opt
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ISSN: | 14644258
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CODEN: | JOAOF
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14644258_v10_n10_p_Courrol |
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Citas:
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Courrol, L.C., Samad, R.E., Martinez, O.E., Gomes, L., Ranieri, I.M., Baldochi, S.L., De Freitas, A.Z.,..., Vieira Junior, N.D.
(2008)
. Determination of a dose-like curve for active colour centres produced in LiF single crystals by ultrashort high intensity laser pulses and a preliminary investigation of their spectral and spatial properties by confocal and atomic microscopies. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 10(10).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/10/10/104023---------- CHICAGO ----------
Courrol, L.C., Samad, R.E., Martinez, O.E., Gomes, L., Ranieri, I.M., Baldochi, S.L., et al.
"Determination of a dose-like curve for active colour centres produced in LiF single crystals by ultrashort high intensity laser pulses and a preliminary investigation of their spectral and spatial properties by confocal and atomic microscopies"
. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 10, no. 10
(2008).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/10/10/104023---------- MLA ----------
Courrol, L.C., Samad, R.E., Martinez, O.E., Gomes, L., Ranieri, I.M., Baldochi, S.L., et al.
"Determination of a dose-like curve for active colour centres produced in LiF single crystals by ultrashort high intensity laser pulses and a preliminary investigation of their spectral and spatial properties by confocal and atomic microscopies"
. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 10, no. 10, 2008.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/10/10/104023---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Courrol, L.C., Samad, R.E., Martinez, O.E., Gomes, L., Ranieri, I.M., Baldochi, S.L., et al. Determination of a dose-like curve for active colour centres produced in LiF single crystals by ultrashort high intensity laser pulses and a preliminary investigation of their spectral and spatial properties by confocal and atomic microscopies. J Opt A Pure Appl Opt. 2008;10(10).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/10/10/104023