Photorefractive properties of cobalt-doped strontium barium niobate crystals

The two-wave interaction (at {lambda} = 488 nm) in strontium barium niobate crystals doped with cobalt ions (Co:SBN) was studied. The experimental dependences of the gain coefficient on the grating period and of the grating response time on the writing beam intensity were used to calculate the Debye...

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Published in:Quantum electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1999-05, Vol.29 (5), p.449-453
Main Authors: Bogodaev, N V, Ivleva, Lyudmila I, Lykov, P A, Polozkov, N M, Osiko, Vyacheslav V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BARIUM
BEAMS
CARRIERS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COBALT
COBALT IONS
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COUPLING
CRYSTALS
DIFFUSION LENGTH
DIMENSIONS
DOPED MATERIALS
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
GRATINGS
INFORMATION
IONS
LENGTH
MATERIALS
METALS
NIOBATES
NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SCREENING
SENSITIVITY
STORAGE
STRONTIUM
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRAPPING
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Summary:The two-wave interaction (at {lambda} = 488 nm) in strontium barium niobate crystals doped with cobalt ions (Co:SBN) was studied. The experimental dependences of the gain coefficient on the grating period and of the grating response time on the writing beam intensity were used to calculate the Debye screening length, the diffusion length, the dark conductivity, and the effective concentration of carrier traps for a series of Co:SBN crystals with different dopant concentrations. The crystals were shown to have high coupling coefficients ({Gamma} = 33 cm{sup -1}) and short optical response times ({tau} = 140 ms for I = 1 W cm{sup -2} ). This, in combination with a high photorefractive sensitivity (S = 39 cm{sup 2} J{sup -1} ), determines the efficiency of their use in the storage of optical information and in laser phase conjugation. (nonlinear optical phenomena)
ISSN:1063-7818
1468-4799
DOI:10.1070/QE1999v029n05ABEH001506