PHOTOREFRACTIVE EFFECTS INDUCED BY PICOSECOND LIGHT-PULSES IN REDUCED KNBO3

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作者
BIAGGIO, I
ZGONIK, M
GUNTER, P
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[1] Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, CH-8093, ETH Honggerberg
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10.1364/JOSAB.9.001480
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We discuss the writing of a photorefractive grating with pulses much shorter than the diffusion time of photoexcited charge carriers and compare the results with experiments performed in reduced KNbO3 crystals. From the grating-spacing dependence of the observed buildup time and diffraction efficiency we show that the lifetime of the photoexcited electrons is approximately 4 ns and that the mobility of these electrons before trapping is 0.4 +/- 0.2 cm2/(V s).
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