Bleaching effect in LiNbO3:Fe:Cu crystals and its application for nonvolatile holographic storage

De'an Liu; Liren Liu; Liyong Ren; Changhe Zhou; Guangao Li

doi:10.1117/12.452617

20 November 2002 Bleaching effect in LiNbO₃:Fe:Cu crystals and its application for nonvolatile holographic storage

De'an Liu, Liren Liu, Liyong Ren, Changhe Zhou, Guangao Li

Proceedings Volume 4803, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications VIII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452617
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

Bleaching effect, i. e., the absorption of a crystal to the visible lights is decreased after the crystal is illuminated by ultraviolet light, has been observed in congruent LiNbO₃:Fe:Cu crystals. Based on this bleaching effect, two three-step recording schemes are proposed to record nonvolatile photorefractive holograms in LiNbO₃:Fe:Cu, which use two red laser beams and an ultraviolet illumination selectively for the writing of charge grating in the shallow Fe centers, the developing of charge grating in the deep Cu centers by transferring the Fe grating, and the fixing of only the Cu grating for unerasable read-out. Experimental results show that the technique including recording phase by two interfering red beams and fixing phase by both UV light and a coherent red beam is optimal. The theoretical verification and optimal concentration are also simulated. As a conclusion, a comparison on the lithium niobate crystals of the same double doping system of Fe:Mn, Ce:Mn, Ce:Cu and Fe:Cu for nonvolatile holographic storage is outlined.

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De'an Liu, Liren Liu, Liyong Ren, Changhe Zhou, and Guangao Li "Bleaching effect in LiNbO₃:Fe:Cu crystals and its application for nonvolatile holographic storage", Proc. SPIE 4803, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications VIII, (20 November 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452617

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