Dopant composition radio dependence of nonvolatile photorefractive holographic recording in LiNbO3:Ce:Cu crystals

De'an Liu; Liren Liu; Qianmin Dong; Zhu Luan; Jifeng Zu

doi:10.1117/12.503928

21 October 2003 Dopant composition radio dependence of nonvolatile photorefractive holographic recording in LiNbO₃:Ce:Cu crystals

De'an Liu, Liren Liu, Qianmin Dong, Zhu Luan, Jifeng Zu

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Proceedings Volume 5206, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications IX; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503928
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The dependence of nonvolatile holographic recording on Ce and Cu dopant composition ratios in doubly doped LiNbO₃ crystals is investigated experimentally. Three groups of congruent LiNbO₃:Ce:Cu crystals have been grown by the Czochralski method with the compositions of 0.085 wt % Ce₂O₃ and 0.011 wt % CuO, 0.045 wt % Ce₂O₃ and 0.045 wt % CuO, 0.011 wt % Ce₂O₃ and 0.085 wt % CuO, respectively. The recording results and the transmission spectra show that the absorption characteristics of the crystals to ultraviolet light have great impact on the finally fixed diffraction efficiency, and the larger the absorption to ultraviolet light, the higher the fixed diffraction efficiency. At the same time, the dependence of the absorption characteristics to ultraviolet light of the medium on both dopant composition ratios and oxidization/reduction annealing conditions is analyzed. As a result, the weakly oxidized crystal with composition of 0.011 wt % Ce₂O₃ and 0.085 wt % CuO has the highest fixed diffraction efficiency.

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De'an Liu, Liren Liu, Qianmin Dong, Zhu Luan, and Jifeng Zu "Dopant composition radio dependence of nonvolatile photorefractive holographic recording in LiNbO₃:Ce:Cu crystals", Proc. SPIE 5206, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications IX, (21 October 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503928

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