Fixed index gratings in LiNbO3 : Fe upon long-term exposure to an intense laser beam
Autor(en): | Dieckmann, Volker Selinger, Andreas Imlau, Mirco Goulkov, Mikhail |
Stichwörter: | CHARGE-TRANSPORT; CRYSTALS; LITHIUM-NIOBATE; Optics; SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE | Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 | Herausgeber: | OPTICAL SOC AMER | Journal: | OPTICS LETTERS | Volumen: | 32 | Ausgabe: | 24 | Startseite: | 3510 | Seitenende: | 3512 | Zusammenfassung: | Permanently fixed noisily recorded refractive index gratings are discovered in single crystals of LiNbO3: Fe upon long-term exposure to a single laser beam with high intensities of I= 100 kW/m(2) and ambient temperature. The fixing process is explained by considering the effect of laser-induced heating of the sample and the well-known simultaneous thermal fixing procedure. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America. |
ISSN: | 01469592 | DOI: | 10.1364/OL.32.003510 |
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