Open AccessExperimental study of thermally induced depolarization in Nd:YAG ceramics
Author(s) -
I. B. Mukhin,
O V Palashov,
Е. А. Хазанов,
Akio Ikesue,
Yan Lin Aung
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.005983
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , depolarization , ceramic , laser , laser beams , thermal , grain size , composite material , physics , medicine , meteorology , endocrinology
Spatial modulation of a laser beam with a transverse size of the order of one grain size is experimentally found at thermal depolarization in Nd:YAG ceramics. This effect, which was theoretically predicted earlier, is typical for ceramics only, with no analogs either in glasses or in single crystals.
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