The dielectric strength is believed to limit the second-order nonlinearity induced by poling. We propose a simple method that allows the measurement of the dielectric strength of alkali-rich glasses in-situ.
Brennand, A.L.R., Kazansky, P.G. and Wilkinson, J.S. (2002) Evaluation of alkali-rich glasses for poling. In, CLEO 2002: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Long Beach, California, USA, 19 - 24 May 2002.
