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Phonon dynamics in γ-ray irradiated sapphire crystals studied by fs-CARS technique

  • Xin Du
  • , Mingfu Zhang
  • , Qingkun Meng
  • , Yunfei Song
  • , Xing He
  • , Yanqiang Yang*
  • , Jiecai Han
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We have studied the ultrafast dynamics of coherent phonons in sapphire crystals irradiated with 60Co γ-rays for three different doses by femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (fs-CARS) technique at room temperature. The obtained fs-CARS signals exhibit well-defined quantum beats, which are ascribed to the interference of the 645 and 750 cm-1 phonon modes. The dephasing times of the two modes both decrease with increasing irradiation dose, which is due to the scattering of coherent phonons by the defects introduced by γ-ray irradiation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22937-22943
Number of pages7
JournalOptics Express
Volume18
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Oct 2010

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