Simultaneous holographic and photocurrent studies of the photorefractive effect in LiTaO3 and LiNbO3
- 15 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 30 (2) , 89-91
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89299
Abstract
In reduced LiNbO3 : Mn both the photorefractive sensitivity and the simultaneously measured photocurrent result from drift with a polarization‐dependent effective ’’internal field’’ of about 6 kV/cm. In reduced undoped LiTaO3 the observed difference in applied fields of the minimum photorefractive sensitivity and zero photocurrent imply charge transport is by a mechanism that cannot be completely described by diffusion and drift in an electric field. The direct measurement of the harmonic content of phase gratings written in several LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 crystals shows termination of charge‐transport results from the space‐charge field of the hologram.Keywords
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