FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN GRATINGS IN STRONTIUM BARIUM NIOBATE INDUCED BY PHOTOREFRACTIVE SPACE-CHARGE FIELDS

Authors
KEWITSCH AS SEGEV M YARIV A SALAMO GJ TOWE TW SHARP EJ NEURGAONKAR RR
Citation
As. Kewitsch et al., FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN GRATINGS IN STRONTIUM BARIUM NIOBATE INDUCED BY PHOTOREFRACTIVE SPACE-CHARGE FIELDS, Physical review letters, 73(8), 1994, pp. 1174-1177
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
73
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1174 - 1177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)73:8<1174:FDGISB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We demonstrate that illuminating a photoconducting strontium barium ni obate crystal with a low intensity optical standing wave generates spa ce charge fields which induce ferroelectric domain gratings. We study the formation and decay kinetics of these domain gratings using a shor t exposure technique and present a thermodynamic model of the fixing m echanism.