Photorefractive Properties of Potassium Lithium Niobate Crystals with CeO2 and Nd2O3

KLN and Ce:Nd:KLN crystals were grown by Czochralski method and polarized into single ferroelectrics domain along c-axis. The properties of KLN and Ce:Nd:KLN crystals, such as Curie temperature, Raman spectra, exponential gain coefficient (T) and thin crystal sheet effect, were measured. The results showed that the two spectra resembling Ce:Nd:KLN crystal were of tetragonal tungsten bronze structure, the exponential gain coefficient of Ce:Nd:KLN crystal was higher than that of KLN crystals and Ce:Nd:KLN crystal had thin crystal sheet effect, for its exponential gain coefficient increasing with crystal sheet thinning. The thin crystal sheet effect of Ce:Nd:KLN crystal was also discussed.