Optical study of the anisotropic erbium spin flip-flop dynamics

Abstract

We investigate the erbium flip-flop dynamics as a limiting factor of the electron spin lifetime and more generally as an indirect source of decoherence in rare-earth doped insulators. Despite the random isotropic arrangement of dopants in the host crystal, the dipolar interaction strongly depends on the magnetic field orientation following the strong anisotropy of the $g$-factor. In Er${}^{3+}$:Y${}_2$SiO${}_5$, we observe by transient optical spectroscopy a three orders of magnitude variation of the erbium flip-flop rate (10ppm dopant concentration). The measurements in two different samples, with 10ppm and 50ppm concentrations, are well-supported by our analytic modeling of the dipolar coupling between identical spins with an anisotropic $g$-tensor. The model can be applied to other rare-earth doped materials. We extrapolate the calculation to Er${}^{3+}$:CaWO${}_4$, Er${}^{3+}$:LiNbO${}_3$ and Nd${}^{3+}$:Y${}_2$SiO${}_5$ at different concentrations.

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