Gamma irradiation-induced absorption in single-domain and periodically-poled KTiOPO4 and Rb:KTiOPO4

We investigate the effect of gamma radiation on flux grown KTiOPO4 and Rb:KTiOPO4 samples, as well as their periodically poled variants. Specifically, we study the altered transmission due to color-center formation via gamma irradiation. We measured the transmission of our samples for varying radiation doses and demonstrate effective temperature annealing of gamma radiation induced color centers. We measured a maximum transmission difference of 2% in our samples, which was easily corrected with temperature annealing. No long term and permanent changes were found to be induced in our samples. © 2017 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement OCIS codes: (140.3330) Laser damage; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials. References and links 1. ASCENDS Workshop Steering Committee, Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) Mission NASA Science Definition and Planning Workshop Report (2008). 2. P. Ciais, D. Crisp, H. 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