Abstract. The absorption and luminescence spectra of the R1 and R2 bands in a ruby Al2O3:Cr3+ (0,05%) single crystal at room temperature were studied. The luminescence bands have been obtained both by excitation of the crystal by the radiation of a halogen lamp and by selective excitation of the two upper levels of the 2T1 state using the radiation of a laser diode with a tunable wavelength (656-662 nm). In the spectra of selectively excited luminescence bands, four different displacements of the R1 and R2 bands and four different distances between these bands have been detected, the change of which is a multiple of ~ 0.52 cm-1. A detailed comparative analysis of the obtained spectra of the luminescence bands and their absorption allowed us to determine the combined structure of each of the R1 and R2 bands, formed by additional doublets of these bands of all four stable isotopes of ions 50Cr3+, 52Cr3+, 53Cr3+ and 54Cr3+. The splitting of the obtained doublets varies from 7.04 to 9.14 cm-1 depend on the mass of the isotope
Femtosecond-laser-excited luminescence of A-centers in diamond and its thermal control