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Transverse pseudo-nonlinear effects measured in solid-state laser materials using a sensitive time-resolved technique

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We present a detailed study of the Baryscan technique, a new efficient alternative to the widespread Z-scan technique which has been demonstrated [Opt. Lett. 36:8, 2011] to reach among the highest sensitivity levels. This method is based upon the measurement of optical nonlinearities by means of beam centroid displacements with a position sensitive detector and is able to deal with any kind of lensing effect. This technique is applied here to measure pump-induced electronic refractive index changes (population lens), which can be discriminated from parasitic thermal effects by using a time-resolved Baryscan experiment. This method is validated by evaluating the polarizability variation at the origin of the population lens observed in the reference Cr3+:GSGG laser material.

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  1. Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique (CIMAP), UMR 6252 CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-Université de Caen, 6 Bvd du Maréchal Juin, 14050, Caen Cedex 4, France

    T. Godin, M. Fromager, E. Cagniot, R. Moncorgé & K. Aït-Ameur

  2. Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, 14076, Caen Cedex 5, France

    F. Porée

  3. Instituto de Fisica de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 369, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    T. Catunda

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Godin, T., Fromager, M., Cagniot, E. et al. Transverse pseudo-nonlinear effects measured in solid-state laser materials using a sensitive time-resolved technique. Appl. Phys. B 107, 733–740 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-5043-4

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