Nonlinear Excitation of Color Centers in a LiF Crystal by Femtosecond Laser Radiation

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Experiments were carried out in which the luminescence of color centers in lithium fluoride crystals was excited by two different femtosecond lasers with significantly different energies, durations and pulse repetition rates. It was established that in all experiments the main center, the luminescence of which was excited nonlinearly, was the F3+ color center. Unusual experimental data were obtained; a laser with low pulse energy (4 nJ) excited triplet luminescence of these centers (570 nm) but did not excite singlet luminescence (540 nm). Another laser with a higher pulse energy (0.3 mJ), on the other hand, excited singlet luminescence and did not excite triplet luminescence. A proposed diagram of energy levels and quantum transitions is presented, explaining the possible mechanisms of nonlinear excitation of luminescence in these experiments.

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