Abstract
The thermal-birefringence effect in -doped YAG ceramics has been investigated. The amount of depolarization induced by thermal birefringence in Nd:YAG ceramics is nearly the same as that in (111)-cut single crystals at the same concentration. However, depolarization becomes larger as the concentration increases, even at the same absorbed pump power.
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