Title : 
Z-scan study of photorefractive nonlinearity in reduced LiNbO3 crystals
         
        
            Author : 
Kostritskii, S.M. ; Aillerie, M. ; Bourson, P. ; Sevostyanov, O.G.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
RPC Optolink Ltd., Zelenograd, Russia
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Our closed-aperture Z-scan study shows, that suppression of optical damage is possible to reach in reduced LiNbO3 crystals with aid of transverse steady-state temperature gradient ∇T, when ∇T is above a specific threshold value.
         
        
            Keywords : 
lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; photorefractive materials; LiNbO3; closed-aperture Z-scan study; optical damage; photorefractive nonlinearity; transverse steady-state temperature; Crystals; Laser beams; Lithium niobate; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Steady-state; Temperature measurement;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Nonlinear Photonics (NLP), 2011 International Workshop
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Kharkov
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0477-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/NLP.2011.6102660