PHOTOREFRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CONGRUENT AND STOICHIOMETRIC LITHIUM-NIOBATE AT HIGH LIGHT INTENSITIES

被引:110
作者
JERMANN, F
SIMON, M
KRATZIG, E
机构
[1] Fachbereich Physik, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, D-49069
关键词
D O I
10.1364/JOSAB.12.002066
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
In lithium niobate crystals the focused beam of an argon-ion laser induces birefringence changes. We investigate the intensity dependences of the saturation value of these birefringence changes, the photoconductivity, and the photorefractive sensitivity in nominally pure crystals with different lithium contents and in an iron-doped sample. All experimental results can be described assuming Fe-2+/3+ centers-of low concentration in the nominally pure samples-and, in addition, intrinsic Nb-Li polarons as a second photoactive center. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America
引用
收藏
页码:2066 / 2070
页数:5
相关论文
共 13 条
[1]   DEFECT STRUCTURE DEPENDENCE ON COMPOSITION IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE [J].
ABRAHAMS, SC ;
MARSH, P .
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B-STRUCTURAL SCIENCE, 1986, 42 :61-68
[2]   THE PHOTOREFRACTIVE EFFECT IN LINBO3 AT HIGH LIGHT-INTENSITY [J].
ALTHOFF, O ;
ERDMANN, A ;
WISKOTT, L ;
HERTEL, P .
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 1991, 128 (01) :K41-K46
[3]   OPTICALLY INDUCED CHANGE OF REFRACTIVE INDICES IN LINBO3 AND LITAO3 [J].
CHEN, FS .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1969, 40 (08) :3389-&
[4]  
Faust B., 1994, Ferroelectrics, V153, P297, DOI 10.1080/00150199408016583
[5]  
GUNTER P, 1988, PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATE, V1
[6]   CHARGE TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN LINBO3FE AT HIGH-INTENSITY LASER-PULSES [J].
JERMANN, F ;
KRATZIG, E .
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, 1992, 55 (01) :114-118
[7]   LIGHT-INDUCED CHARGE-TRANSPORT IN LINBO3FE AT HIGH LIGHT INTENSITIES [J].
JERMANN, F ;
OTTEN, J .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 1993, 10 (11) :2085-2092
[8]   OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF LITHIUM-RICH LITHIUM-NIOBATE FABRICATED BY VAPOR TRANSPORT EQUILIBRATION [J].
JUNDT, DH ;
FEJER, MM ;
BYER, RL .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1990, 26 (01) :135-138
[9]   INTENSITY ENHANCED BULK PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFECTS IN LINBO3-FE [J].
KIM, DM ;
GALLAGHER, JG ;
RABSON, TA ;
TITTEL, FK .
APPLIED PHYSICS, 1978, 17 (04) :413-416
[10]   NON-LINEAR OPTICAL EXCITATION OF PHOTO-VOLTAIC LINBO3 [J].
KURZ, H ;
VONDERLINDE, D .
FERROELECTRICS, 1978, 21 (1-4) :621-622