Title :
Temperature dependence of the absorption and refraction of Mg-doped congruent and stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/ in the THz range
Author :
Hebling, János ; Kuhl, Jürgen ; Péter, Ágnes ; Polgár, Katalin
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
The absorption coefficient and the index of refraction of Mg-doped LiNbO/sub 3/ crystals with different compositions are determined in the 30 - 200 cm-1 frequency range. We find that stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/ has smaller absorption and index of refraction than congruent samples.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; magnesium; nonlinear optics; optical materials; refractive index; stoichiometry; thermo-optical effects; LiNbO/sub 3/:Mg; Mg-doped congruent LiNbO/sub 3/; absorption coefficient; refractive index; stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
