Characterization of Iron Doped Lithium Niobate for Holographic Storage Applications

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1976-06-20
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A detailed study of eight systematically chosen Fe:LiNb03 crystals is presented. Correlation between the photorefractive sensitivity and various chemical properties of Fe:LiNb03 is investigated in order to ascertain optimum performance of Fe:LiNb03 crystals in holographic storage and display applications. Concentrations of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions have been determined from optical and EPR spectra while impurities have been detected from x-ray emission and infrared spectra. Particular emphasis is placed on investigating the dependence on Fe3+ ion concentrations of the photorefractive sensitivity. The photorefractive sensitivity is shown to depend primarily on the concentration of Fe2+ ions in Fe:LiNb03. This fact seems to suggest that Fe2+ ions are the impurity centers responsible for the photorefractive effect in Fe:LiNb03. Spectral dependence of the photorefractive sensitivity and its modification due to oxygen annealing are also reported. Our results indicate that an unannealed Fe:LiNb03 crystal containing 0.05 mole % Fe with 20-25% of the ions in the Fe2+ state and the remainder in the Fe3+ state possesses the most favorable photorefractive sensitivity.

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holographic, lithium niobate
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R. R. Shah, D. M. Kim, T. A. Rabson and F. K. Tittel, "Characterization of Iron Doped Lithium Niobate for Holographic Storage Applications," Rice University ECE Technical Report, no. 7606, 1976.

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