Abstract

Defect-induced one-phonon absorption1 of far-infrared radiation is used to generate monochromatic nonequilibrium phonon populations in LaF3:Pr3+ at a range of frequencies throughout the acoustic band. The pump source for this generation mechanism is a transversely excited atmospheric-pressure CO2-laser-pumped superradiant cell. Phonon occupation numbers of order 10 are generated. Phonons are optically detected in a time-resolved frequency-selective manner by using the anti-Stokes absorption sideband of the 3P0 state of Pr3+. The lifetime of these phonons is determined and is found to obey the ω-5 dependence as predicted by the isotropic dispersionless model for anharmonic decay of acoustic phonons.2 The spectral dynamics associated with the decay of these phonons is also investigated and is compared with a rate-equation analysis that includes backfeeding of the decay products. The production of double-frequency phonons by a three-phonon confluence process is also demonstrated.

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