Lithium Niobate Defects, Photorefraction and Ferroelectric Switching /

• Main Authors: Volk, Tatyana. (Author), Wh̲lecke, Manfred. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 115
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Engineering.; Optical materials.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Engineering, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70766-0

The book presents the current state of studies of point defects, both intrinsic and extrinsic (impurities, radiation centers, etc.), in LiNbO3. The contribution of intrinsic defects to photoinduced charge transport, i.e. to the photorefraction, is explained. The photorefractive and optical propertie...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Point Defects in LiNbO3
• 3. General Introduction to Photorefraction in LiNbO3
• 4. Photorefraction Stoichiometry and/or Optical-Damage-Resistant Impurities
• 5. Problem of a Non-erasable Photorefractive Hologram
• 6. Properties Characterizing composition and doping of LiNbO3
• 7
• 7. Polarization reversal and Ferroelectric Domains in LiNbO3 Crystals.