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    Area of Science:

    • Solid-state spectroscopy
    • Quantum optics
    • Materials science

    Background:

    • Praseodymium (Pr3+) ions in calcium fluoride (CaF2) exhibit narrow spectral lines.
    • The Pr3+ ground state has a large, resolvable hyperfine splitting due to a narrow inhomogeneous linewidth (650 MHz).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate optical hole burning in Pr3+:CaF2.
    • To elucidate the underlying mechanism of the observed hole burning phenomenon.

    Main Methods:

    • Optical hole burning spectroscopy.
    • Optical radiofrequency (rf) double resonance.

    Main Results:

    • Observed optical hole burning at the 5941-Å transition of Pr3+ in a tetragonal site of CaF2.
    • Identified a new hole burning mechanism involving optically induced spin flips of neighboring 19F nuclei.
    • Confirmed this mechanism via optical rf double resonance, demonstrating frequency shifts outside the homogeneous linewidth.

    Conclusions:

    • A novel optical hole burning mechanism driven by nuclear spin flips has been discovered in Pr3+:CaF2.
    • This mechanism provides a new pathway for manipulating optical transitions in solid-state systems.
    • Optical rf double resonance is a powerful technique for confirming such spin-dependent optical phenomena.