MAXIMUM DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY OF FIXED HOLOGRAMS IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE

Authors
MENDEZ A ARIZMENDI L
Citation
A. Mendez et L. Arizmendi, MAXIMUM DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY OF FIXED HOLOGRAMS IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE, Optical materials, 10(1), 1998, pp. 55-59
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science",Optics
Journal title
Optical materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09253467
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
55 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-3467(1998)10:1<55:MDEOFH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
In this paper a method to obtain very high diffraction efficiency fixe d holograms in lithium niobate is presented. The procedure consists in a first step of high temperature recording and fixing of a hologram w ith very high refractive index modulation, followed by a second step o f controlled thermal erasure until the point of maximum diffraction ef ficiency is achieved. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.