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2.10 Device for measuring ultrafast pulse using damped Maker fringe technique
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Set-up for nonlinear spectroscopy measurements . . . . .
Prism pair to rotate p-polarized light to s-polarized light
Schematic of Ti:AI 2 0 3 laser . . . .
Energy band diagram for Ti:Ah03
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3.5 Ti:AI 2 0 3 wavelength as a function of birefringent filter position .39
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Shutter configuration in the Ti:Ah03 laser .
Ylodelocked power spectra of Ti:Ah03 laser
Pulse propagation through Brewster prisms
Schematic of the autocorrelator . . . . . . .
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3.10 yleasured pulse length of the Ti:AI 2 0 3 pulse as a function of wavelength 70
4.1 Linear reflection experimental setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 78
4.2 Schematic of the GaN sample with index matching fluid and glass slab 80
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Coordinate system for linear reflectivity. . . . . . . . .
Linear reflectivity of GaN/Ah03 as a function of angle
Experimental set-up for transmission measurements . .
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4.6 Coordinate system for linear transmission through a single slab. 87
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Optical transmission data for GaN /Ah03
GaN absorption coefficient near the band gap
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