Photorefractive properties of lithium and copper in-diffused lithium niobate crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1822-1829

  Imbrock, Jörg ^a   Wirp, Albert ^a   Kip, Detlef ^a   Krätzig, Eckhard ^a   Berben, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION; HOLOGRAPHY; LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

VAPOR TRANSPORT;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0141563659     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001822     Document Type: Article

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