Optical limiting behavior of a glass-ceramic containing sodium niobate crystallites

Authors
Maciel, GS Rakov, N de Araujo, CB Lipovskii, AA Tagantsev, DK
Citation
Gs. Maciel et al., Optical limiting behavior of a glass-ceramic containing sodium niobate crystallites, APPL PHYS L, 79(5), 2001, pp. 584-586
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
584 - 586
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20010730)79:5<584:OLBOAG>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The nonlinear absorption properties of a glass-ceramic containing ferroelec tric sodium niobate (NaNbO3) crystallites were investigated. Two- and three -photon absorption coefficients were determined using nanosecond pulsed las ers. The optical power-limiting performance for light beams at 1064 and 532 nm was dependent on the volume fraction of NaNbO3 crystallites formed duri ng the heat-treatment process. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.