Pyroelectrically induced photorefractive damage in magnesium-doped lithium niobate crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1973-1987

  Schwesyg, Judith R ^a,b   Falk, Matthias ^c   Phillips, Chris R ^a   Jundt, Dieter H ^c   Buse, Karsten ^d,e   Fejer, Martin M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Crystal Technology Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS;

EXTERNAL HEATING; GREEN LASER LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LITHIUM NIOBATE CRYSTAL; PHOTO REFRACTIONS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE DAMAGE; PYROELECTRIC EFFECT;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79961078785     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001973     Document Type: Article

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