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Two-photon absorption (TPA) has proved to be a powerful and versatile technique for experimental investigations, yielding spectroscopic information not easily accessible by one-photon absorption (OPA) methods. In particular, its application to the study of the intensities of electronic transitions in lanthanide ions in crystal has revealed the influence that high order perturbations of the virtual intermediate states have on the TPA line strength [2,3] beyond the standard free ion treatment [4]. Such results have provoked an interest in TPA processes by workers in the field of laser and luminescence phenomena in condensed matter. The study of these processes complements the mature but continuing OPA work through the lanthanide spectroscopic studies of the actinides. TPA investigations in ions with multiple sites of various symmetries [5] can yield information useful for the application of lanthanides as probes.
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Cordero-Montalvo, C. (1987). Two-Photon Absorption in Lanthanide Ions in Crystals. In: Di Bartolo, B. (eds) Spectroscopy of Solid-State Laser-Type Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0899-7_43
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