title: Stark-induced optical transients in ruby.
abstract: Extension of the Brewer-Shoemaker technique of Stark-induced optical transients to a solid-ruby-is reported. Optical free-induction decay and photon echoes, as well as the first observation of an optical edge echo, have been obtained.
authors.affiliation: Division of Electrical Engineering, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OR8, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kroll