Title

Material Characteristics Of Titanium Sapphire

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

Keywords

Optics; Laser Crystals

Abstract

Titanium-doped sapphire is a useful solid-state laser material because of its broad tunability and high gain,1,2 Unfortunately, the laser performance has been below expectations because of an unanticipated residual or parasitic absorption. In our study of the characteristics of Ti: sapphire, we have measured the fluorescent lifetime of the Ti3+ 2E level for durations extending over several e-folding intervals and have observed a nonexponential decay. Similar effects have been observed in Nd-doped glasses3 and are related to internal static field inhomogeneities.

Journal Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

Volume

6

Issue/Number

12

Publication Date

1-1-1989

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2338

Last Page

2341

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1989CF86900008

ISSN

0740-3224

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