Title :
Reduced photorefraction in hafnium-doped single-domain and periodically-poled lithium niobate crystals
Author :
Razzari, Luca ; Kokanyan, Edvard P. ; Cristiani, Haria ; Degiorgio, Vittorio ; Gruber, John B.
Author_Institution :
Ist. Nazionale per la Fisica della Mater., Pavia, Italy
Abstract :
Measurements of photo-induced birefringence n single domain and periodically poled lithium niobate (LN) crystals containing different non-photorefractive impurities are presented. We find that doping by HfO/sub 2/ is very effective in reducing the photorefraction.
Keywords :
birefringence; doping; hafnium; lithium compounds; photorefractive effect; photorefractive materials; LiNbO/sub 3/:Hf; hafnium-doped single-domain; periodically-poled lithium niobate crystals; photo-induced birefringence; photorefraction reduction;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
