• DocumentCode
    2896434
  • Title

    Discrimination of resonant and nonresonant contributions to the nonlinear refractive index of rare earth doped materials

  • Author

    Lima, S.M. ; Messias, D.N. ; Nunes, L.A.O. ; Catunda, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo Univ., Brazil
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    197
  • Abstract
    In the present work we measured the n2 lineshapes in resonance with absorption lines of Nd3+:YAG and Nd3+:YAP crystals, and the Yb3+-doped phosphate glass. The measurements were performed using a variation of the single beam Z-scan technique.
  • Keywords
    neodymium; optical glass; phosphorus compounds; refractive index; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Nd3+:YAG crystal; Nd3+:YAP crystal; P2O5:Yb3+; YAG:Nd3+; YAP:Nd3+; YAl5O12:Nd; YAlO3:Nd; Yb3+-doped phosphate glass; absorption line; n2 lineshape; nonlinear refractive index; rare earth doped materials; resonant discrimination; single beam Z-scan technique; Absorption; Crystals; Laser theory; Performance evaluation; Polarization; Refractive index; Resonance; Shape measurement; Stationary state; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567985
  • Filename
    1567985
    • Link To Document
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