@article{7677, author = {P. S. Senanayake and J. P. R. Wells and M. F. Reid and G. Berden and A. Meijerink and R. J. Reeves}, title = {Electron trap liberation in MgF2 doped with Yb2+ using a two-color excitation experiment}, abstract = {We utilize the optical transitions of Yb2+ excited by an ultraviolet optical parametric amplifier to probe electron trap liberation in MgF2 via the observation of a photoluminescence enhancement effect induced by a subsequent infrared pulse from a free-electron laser. The temperature dependence of the enhancement suggests that we liberate very shallow traps having a depth of approximately 17 cm(-1). The observed "trap spectrum" is consistent with a simple model of a Coulomb trap. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3678630]}, year = {2012}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {100}, pages = {041902}, month = {Jan}, isbn = {0003-6951}, url = {http://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/257210/SenanayakeElectrontrap.pdf?sequence=1}, doi = {10.1063/1.3678630}, language = {English}, }