Pryde, GSellars, MatthewManson, Neil2015-12-130022-2313http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90102The optical dephasing time in Eu3+:Y2SiO5 has been measured using optical Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) experiments. The measured T2 increases significantly as the time spacing between pulses in the CPMG sequence is decreased. This is not in agreementKeywords: Doping (additives); Europium; Positive ions; Silicates; Yttrium compounds; Optical Bloch equations; Yttrium silicate; Optical materialsOptical non-Bloch behaviour observed using an optical Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence200010.1016/S0022-2313(00)00189-72015-12-12