DEVICE FOR MEASURMENT OF RELAXATION TIME OF THE BLEACHED STATE OF OPTICAL MATERIALS BY THE «PUMP-PROBE» METHOD IN SUB-ΜS TIME DOMAIN
https://doi.org/10.21122/2220-9506-2016-7-1-24-31
Abstract
The use of passive shutters to control the duration of the light pulses is an important aspect in the miniature and microchip lasers. One of the key spectroscopic characteristics which determine the properties of the material, which can be used as a passive shutter is relaxation time of its bleached state.We describe a device for determination of relaxation time of the bleached state in optical materials by the «pump-probe» method in the sub-μs time domain. This device allows one to determine relaxation times for materials which absorb at the light wavelength of 1.5 μm, e.g., materials doped with cobalt ions Co2+. The results of test examinations of the device are described, and the relaxation time of the bleached state of Co2+ ions is measured for a novel material – transparent glass-ceramics with Co2+:Ga2 O3 nanophase – amounting to 190 ± 6 ns.
About the Authors
I. V. Glazunov
Belarusian National Technical University
Belarus
Belarus
N. A. Skoptsov
Belarusian National Technical University
Belarus
Belarus
A. M. Malyarevich
Belarusian National Technical University
Belarus
Belarus
Address for correspondence: Malyarevich A.M. Belarusian National Technical University, Nezavisimosty Ave., 65, 220013, Minsk, Belarus e-mail: malyar@bntu.by
K. V. Yumashev
Belarusian National Technical University
Belarus
Belarus
P. A. Loiko
KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, SE-16440 Kista
Sweden
Sweden
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Glazunov I.V., Skoptsov N.A., Malyarevich A.M., Yumashev K.V., Loiko P.A. DEVICE FOR MEASURMENT OF RELAXATION TIME OF THE BLEACHED STATE OF OPTICAL MATERIALS BY THE «PUMP-PROBE» METHOD IN SUB-ΜS TIME DOMAIN. Devices and Methods of Measurements. 2016;7(1):24-31. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21122/2220-9506-2016-7-1-24-31
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