Optimal conditions for thermal fixing of volume holograms in Fe : LiNbO3 crystals

Citation
Cr. Hsieh et al., Optimal conditions for thermal fixing of volume holograms in Fe : LiNbO3 crystals, APPL OPTICS, 38(29), 1999, pp. 6141-6151
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
29
Year of publication
1999
Pages
6141 - 6151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(19991010)38:29<6141:OCFTFO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We analyze and compare two typical recording and thermal fixing procedures of a volume hologram in a Fe:LiNbO3 crystal (low-high-low procedure and hig h-low procedure). We consider the kinetics of the recording, compensating, and developing processes by taking into account the ratio of the conductivi ties between the protons and the electrons as a function of temperature. Fr om the analysis the optimal environmental conditions tin terms of the fixin g temperature and the compensation time) for each fixing procedure can be d educed for a crystal with given material parameters. (C) 1999 Optical Socie ty of America.