Radiation-induced Negative Nonlinear Absorption in Glass and Sapphire
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Morgan, Bryan W.; Van Zile, Matthew; Sabharwall, Piyush; Burger, Milos; Jovanovic, Igor
- Source
- 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2022 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2022
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Annealing
Absorption
Glass
Nonlinear optics
Electo-optic effects
- Language
We report the observation of negative nonlinear absorption in gamma and neutron-irradiated quartz glass, BK7 glass, and sapphire. Thermal annealing is effective in restoring the pre-irradiation optical properties.