Optically induced birefringence in TI:Al2O3
Roshan L. Aggarwal, Kevin F. Wall, R. E. Fahey +1 more
We have observed optically induced birefringence1 in Ti:AI2O3 at signal wavelengths of 632.8 and 790.7 nm during the course of small-signal gain measurements2 on a Ti:AI2O3 amplifier pumped with 532-nm radiation from a frequency-doubled Q-switched (10-ns pulse) Nd:YAG laser. The changes in intensity of the signal beam due to induced birefringence were found to decay with a time constant characteristic of the fluorescence lifetime of Ti3+ ions. We, therefore, attribute the induced birefringence to the Ti3+ excited-state (2Eg) population.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics•Apr 25, 1988•0 citations