Title :
First report of absorption and fluorescence singularities in the Nd:YCOB monoclinic crystal
Author :
Petit, Yannick ; Boulanger, Benoit ; Segonds, Patricia ; Felix, Corinne ; Menaert, Bertrand ; Zaccaro, Julien ; Aka, Gerard
Author_Institution :
Inst. Neel CNRS/UJF, Grenoble
Abstract :
We report measurements in polarized light of angular distribution of absorption and fluorescence of a monoclinic crystal. Patterns are close to the biaxial index surface topology but main values are not in the dielectric frame.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; fluorescence; optical materials; YCOB:Nd; absorption singularity; biaxial index surface topology; fluorescence singularity; monoclinic crystal; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Dielectric measurements; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Luminescence; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Photodiodes; (140.3380) Laser materials; (190.4400) Nonlinear materials;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
