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Growth of tungsten bronze family crystals. Final technical report, 6 May 1985-30 November 1988

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5487904

A systematic investigation of tungsten bronze crystals for electro-optic and photorefractive applications was carried out successfully. The Sr{sub 1-X}BaXNb{sub 2}O{sub 6} (SBN) and Ba{sub 2-X}SrXK{sub 1-y}NaYNb{sub 5}O{sub 15} (BSKNN) system crystals were grown in optical quality with and without specific impurities whose purpose is to enhance photorefractive coupling and speed. Both SBN and BSKNN crystals appear to be excellent hosts for electro-optic applications, e.g., modulators, waveguides, and spatial light modulators (SLM) and photorefractive applications, e.g., phase conjugation, image processing, optical computing and laser hardening. For photorefractive applications, cerium and chromium doping show the largest effects on photorefractive coupling and speed.

Research Organization:
Rockwell International Corp., Thousand Oaks, CA (USA). Science Center
OSTI ID:
5487904
Report Number(s):
AD-A-211154/0/XAB; SC--5441.FTR
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English