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

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5487904

Neurgaonkar, R R; Cross, L E

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

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ALLOYS
CHROMIUM
COPPER ALLOYS
COPPER BASE ALLOYS
CRYSTAL DOPING
CRYSTAL GROWTH
CRYSTALS
DISTRIBUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRO-OPTICAL EFFECTS
ELEMENTS
HARDENING
IMAGE PROCESSING
IMPURITIES
LASERS
METALS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PROCESSING
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION HARDENING
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STRIATIONS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TUNGSTEN ALLOYS
TUNGSTEN BRONZE
WAVEGUIDES