Spectral hole lifetimes and spin population relaxation dynamics in neodymium-doped yttrium orthosilicate

Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro, Alexey Tiranov, Imam Usmani +6

We present a detailed study of the lifetime of optical spectral holes due to population storage in Zeeman sublevels of Nd${}^{3+}$:Y${}_2$SiO${}_5$. The lifetime is measured as a functio…