Optical Damage Resistant Impurities in Lithium Niobate,

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Abstract:

Magnesium, zinc and some other impurities substituting mainly for the lithium sites drastically change optical properties of LiNbO3. In Particular the value of optical damage photorefraction in LiNbOMe me Mg,Zn. is sharply reduced compared with undoped LiNbO3. Similarly Me impurities tend to suppress so-called dark trace effect that means stable darkening under intensive visible laser radiation. The dependences of optical properties on Me concentrations demonstrate some common features. First of all they reveal threshold concentration values 5.5 mol. Mg 2-4 or 7.7 mol. Zn 4-6 for congruent LiNbO3 which correspond to step like change of optical properties such as IR-absorption and ESR spectra, luminescent characteristics and nonlinear parameters.

Author(s):
Volk, T. R. ; Rubinina, N. M. ; Stizza, S.
Author Organization(s):
MOSCOW STATE UNIV (USSR)
Supplementary Note:
This article is from 'Organization of the 1991 Optical Society of America Photonic Science Topical Meeting Series. Volume 14. Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and Devices Held in Beverly, Massachusetts on 29-31 July 1991,' AD-A253 001, p293-296.
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Collection: TR
Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Advanced Electronics
Descriptor(s):
*LASER BEAMS, *OPTICAL PROPERTIES, ABSORPTION, DAMAGE, IMPURITIES, LASERS, LITHIUM, OPTICAL PROPERTIES, PARAMETERS, VALUE, LITHIUM NIOBATES, REFRACTION, BEAMS(RADIATION), INFRARED SPECTRA, SYMPOSIA
Field(s)/Group(s):
Optics
Keyword(s):
*Photorefractive materials, Component Reports
Report Date:
1992 May 22