Title :
Unusual conductivity increase related to UV-light assisted domain inversion in Mg-doped lithium niobate crystals
Author :
Xiaojie Wang ; Fang Bo ; Shaolin Chen ; Jing Chen ; Yongfa Kong ; Jingjun Xu ; Guoquan Zhang
Author_Institution :
MOE Key Lab. of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
We observed an unusual conductivity increase during and after the ultraviolet-light assisted domain inversion in Mg-doped lithium niobate crystals, which may be related to the dislocation of Nb ions during the domain inversion process.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; magnesium; niobium compounds; photorefractive materials; ultraviolet spectra; LiNbO3:Mg; magnesium-doped lithium niobate crystals; niobium ion dislocation; ultraviolet-light assisted domain inversion; Conductivity; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Lithium niobate; Optical devices; Optical polarization; Radiation effects;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
