ISSN:
1432-0630
Keywords:
78.20F
;
77.50
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The space chages formed in the process of photorefraction in LiNbO3 crystals is visualised by charged powder techniques. The results confirmed the existence of space charge carriers at the periphery of the illuminated region with negative charge carriers in the +z periphery and positive in the −z. The observed patterns on the surface of LiNbO3-Fe (0.05%) crystal illuminated with higher light intensities presented discharge-like features, namely traces of discharge in the medium at the crystal surface. The correlation between the kinetics curves of birefringence changeΔn(t) and the revealed surface patterns indicated that electric breakdown of the medium at the surfaces was responsible for the periodic reduction ofΔn(t).
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00615066
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