Structure and optical homogeneity of LiNbO{sub 3}:Zn (0.03–4.5 mol.%) crystals
- I.V. Tananaev Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Materials of the Kola Science Center RAS, Apatity, Murmansk region, 184209 (Russian Federation)
Structure and optical homogeneity of LiNbO{sub 3}:Zn (0.03–4.5 mol.%) crystals were searched by photoinduced light scattering and by Raman spectroscopy. The photorefractive effect depends on Zn{sup 2+} concentration nonmonotonically. Decrease of photorefractive effect is explained by decrease of structure defects with localized electrons. The Zn{sup 2+} cations replace structure defects Nb{sub Li} and Li{sub Nb}, trapping levels appear near the bottom of the conduction band and photo electrons recombine with emission under laser radiation. By the Raman spectra the area of the high structure order is found. In this area the own alternation, the alternation of impurity cations and the vacancies along the polar axis is almost perfect.
- OSTI ID:
- 22390446
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1623, Issue 1; Conference: International Conference on Physical Mesomechanics of Multilevel Systems 2014, Tomsk (Russian Federation), 3-5 Sep 2014; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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