nanocrystals at 1.3 K. This linewidth was measured by two-pulse photon echoes on highly
scattering powders using heterodyne detection. Spectral diffusion was also investigated by
three-pulse photon echoes and resulted in a limited broadening of the homogenous
linewidth of about 250 kHz over 120 μ s. Compared to achievable Rabi frequencies, in the
range of several MHz, these values show that rare earth doped nanocrystals can be useful …