Nuclear-quadrupole optical hole burning in the stoichiometric material EuP₅ O₁₄

Abstract

Hole burning, which is attributed to optical pumping of nuclear-quadrupole levels, has been observed in the stoichiometric rare-earth compound, EuP5O14. The long lifetime of these holes (~60 min) implies slow nuclear-spin flip-flop rates. The small magnetic moment of Eu3+ has prevented conventional magnetic-resonance measurements on Eu3+ compounds, but hole burning provides a sensitive method for the optical detection of nuclear-magnetic resonance and nuclear-quadrupole resonance. We have used hole burning and optically detected nuclearquadrupole resonance to determine quadrupole splittings in the ground (7F0) and excited (5D0) states. © 1980, Optical Society of America.