Abstract

The spin-lattice relaxation time in the 4 A 2 ground state of C r 3 + in ruby can be on the order of magnitude of seconds at liquid helium temperatures in low magnetic fields B | | c . This allows for highly efficient optical pumping of the spin levels in this system. Such pumping can then in turn be employed to drastically increase the optical density of the inhomogeneously broadened R 1 ( ± 3 / 2 ) or R 1 ( ± 1 / 2 ) lines and also to narrow the spectral hole width because Cr–Cr electron-spin flips (cross relaxation) are suppressed in the ground state, leading to longer dephasing times T 2 ∗ . Both effects can be employed to further reduce the group velocity of light pulses propagating through a transient spectral hole.

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