Tatyana Volk, Manfred Wöhlecke

Lithium Niobate

Defects, Photorefraction and Ferroelectric Switching

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book presents the current state of studies of point defects, both intrinsic and extrinsic (impurities, radiation centers, etc.) in LiNbO₃. The contribution of intrinsic defects to photoinduced charge transport, i.e. to the photorefraction, is explained. The photorefractive and optical properties of LiNbO₃ crystals with different stoichiometry and of those doped with so-called "optical-damage resistant" impurities controlling the intrinsic defect structure are described in detail. Applications are the problem of non-erasable recording of photorefractive holograms in LiNbO₃ and the current situation of studies in the ferroelectric switching and domain structure of LiNbO₃ as well as the creation of periodically-poled structures for the optical frequency conversion.

Produktdetails

• Springer Series in Materials Science 115
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11930808, 978-3-540-70765-3
• 2009
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9783540707653
• ISBN-10: 3540707654
• Artikelnr.: 24383496

Inhaltsangabe

Point Defects in LiNbO3.- General Introduction to Photorefraction in LiNbO3.- Photorefraction in LiNbO3 Crystals with Different Stoichiometry and/or Doped with Optical-Damage-Resistant Impurities.- Problem of a Non-Erasable Photorefractive Hologram.- Properties to Characterize Undoped and Optical-Damage-Resistant LiNbO3 Crystals.- Polarization Reversal and Ferroelectric Domains in LiNbO3 Crystals.