Measurements of the electronic and nuclear contributions to the nonlinear refractive index of beryllium fluoride glasses
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 32 (7) , 403-405
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.90084
Abstract
The nonlinear refractive‐index coefficient n2 of three beryllium fluoride glasses was measured at 1064 nm using time‐resolved interferometry. The refractive‐index nonlinearity of amorphous BeF2 is the smallest reported for any solid. From Raman scattering spectra, the nuclear contribution n2 was found to be ≈20–30% of the total, a factor similar to that for oxide glasses.Keywords
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