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Figure 3.4: Energy b<strong>and</strong> diagram for Ti:Ah03 . Straight lines correspond to optical<br />

transitions. The crystal relaxes by emission <strong>of</strong> phonons (wavy lines). This process is<br />

the crystalline analog <strong>of</strong> the Franck-Condon principle [50].<br />

There are two essential characteristics <strong>of</strong> the fundamental light generating source<br />

for a nonlinear spectroscopy experiment: tunability <strong>of</strong> the fundamental wavelength<br />

<strong>and</strong> generation <strong>of</strong> high peak power laser pulses. The tunability <strong>of</strong> the Ti:AI 2 0 3 laser<br />

is directly related to the coupling <strong>of</strong> the active medium (Ti ion) to the host crystal<br />

(AI203)· This coupling is represented in Fig. 3.4. A birefringent filter is used to<br />

select the wavelength <strong>of</strong> the laser. Fig. 3.5 displays the experimentally determined<br />

tuning curve for birefringent filter.<br />

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