利用数字全息干涉术观察RuO2:LiNbO3晶体中畴反转的区域特性

利用马赫-曾德尔干涉光路和4f光学透镜系统，以部分畴反转的掺钌铌酸锂晶体(RuO₂:LiNbO₃)的透射光作为物光来记录全息图，并在数值再现过程对其进行频域滤波以实现物场波前信息的数值重建，检测出在一定电压作用下晶体内部折射率变化的二维分布.检测结果证实：晶体中发生畴反转的区域与发生电色效应的区域严格相符.数字全息干涉术非接触、无干扰、无破坏的优势在准实时监控、检测和分析铌酸锂晶体畴反转方面有很好的应用前景. 关键词： 畴反转 数字全息干涉术 电色效应     

Hyper-Raman scattering in the LiNbO3 crystal

The hyper-Raman spectra in non-centrosvmmetric LiNbO₃ crystal were obtained using the multichannel recording technique. The hyper-Raman cross-section and non-linear susceptibility for the 151 cm^-1 band were measured.     

Fast electrically switchable holographic optical elements in LiNbO3

We present here the realization of fast electrically switchable holographic optical elements based on electric field multiplexing of volume holograms in lithium niobate crystals. We demonstrate the electrical control of holographic lenses and holographic mirrors for fast switching of the focal length and the direction of the reconstructed light beam, respectively. The switching time in the range of few hundred microseconds has been demonstrated using this technique.     

Cu-diffused layers in LiNbO3 for reversible holographic storage

Some holographic recording characteristics of Cu-diffused layers fabricated in Rh-doped LiNbO₃ have been examined in comparison with those fabricated in undoped lithium niobate.The diffusion layers, whose thickness depends on the diffusion temperature, are found to be enormously susceptible to optically-induced refractive index changes and to be able to attain a high diffraction efficiency. A distinguished difference is found between the persistence of holograms stored in Rh-doped and undoped LiNbO₃.     

Investigation of nonvolatile holographic storage in LiNbO3:Mn:Ce:Fe crystal

We investigate the persistent holographic recording in triply doped LiNbO₃:Mn:Ce:Fe crystals at different oxidation/reduction states. The experimental results show that there is an optimum oxidation/reduction state, which results in the best dynamic range M/#. Compared with doubly doped LiNbO₃:Ce:Fe, we found that the nonvolatile diffraction efficiency and the best dynamic range M/# obtained in triply doped samples are larger than that obtained in doubly doped samples. The reason for the increase of the crystal about the nonvolatile diffraction efficiency and the dynamic range M/# was also explained.     

Study of near-infrared nonvolatile two-center holographic recording in LiNbO3:Fe:Rh crystal

The near-infrared nonvolatile holographic recording has been realized in a doubly doped LiNbO₃:Fe:Rh crystal by the traditional two-center holographic recording scheme, for the first time. The recording performance of this crystal has been investigated by recording with 633 nm red light, 752 nm red light and 799 nm near-infrared light and sensitizing with 405 nm purple light. The experimental results show that, co-doped with Fe and Rh, the near-infrared absorption and the photovoltaic coefficient of shallow trap Fe are enhanced in this LiNbO₃:Fe:Rh crystal, compared with other doubly doped LiNbO₃ crystals such as LiNbO₃:Fe:Mn. It is also found that the sensitizing light intensity affects the near-infrared recording sensitivity in a different way than two-center holographic recording with shorter wavelength, and the origin of experimental results is analyzed.     

Shape measurement by multi-illumination method in digital holographic interferometry

In this paper, temporal phase unwrapping and short time Fourier transform (STFT) are proposed for shape measurement of an object with height steps by digital holographic interferometry (DHI). A series of digital holograms is recorded with a high-speed CCD camera using a multi-illumination method. Each pixel is processed along the time axis independently of other pixels. Two novel methods are proposed to process the wrapped phase maps: the first method is based on complex phasor (CP) and temporal phase unwrapping, and the second method is based on CP and STFT. In the STFT method, continuous phase maps are obtained by integration of the exacted instantaneous frequency. The continuous phase map can characterize the profile of the object with height steps. An experiment is conducted to verify the validity of the proposed methods.     

Lateral-field-excitation properties of LiNbO3 single crystal

LiNbO 3 has been found attractive for lateral field excitation (LFE) applications due to its high piezoelectric coupling. In this paper, bulk acoustic wave propagation properties for LiNbO 3 single crystal excited by a lateral electric field have been investigated using the extended Christoffel-Bechmann method. It is found that the LFE piezoelectric coupling factor for c mode reaches its maximum value of 95.46% when ψ = 0 for both (yxl)-58 and (yxwl)±60 /58 LiNbO 3 . The acoustic wave phase velocity of c mode TSM (thickness shear mode) changes from 3456 m/s to 3983 m/s as a function of ψ. Here ψ represents the angle between the lateral electric field and the crystallographic X-axis in the substrate major surface. A 5 MHz LFE device of (yxl)-58 LiNbO 3 with ψ = 0 was designed and tested in air. A major resonance peak was observed with the motional resistance as low as 17 and the Q-factor value up to 10353. The test result is well in agreement with the theoretical analysis, and suggests that the LFE LiNbO 3 device can be a good platform for high performance resonator or sensor applications.     

Transient energy transfer during hologram formation in LiNbO3 in external electric field

Volume phase hologram recording in pure LiNbO₃ crystals with applied electric field E ≈ 5 kV/cm is accompanied by considerable intensity redistribution of the writing beams by transient energy transfer. Practically the whole intensity of the donor beam may be transferred into the weak acceptor beam with initial intensity 3% from total incident intensity. This effect originates from transient phase mismatch of the recorded phase grating and fringe pattern in the applied electric field when the interacting beams have different intensities.     

White light interferometry test and analysis of LiNbO3 polarizer

White light interferometer can be used to measure the amplitude extinction ratio (ER) of polarizer and coupling distribution in fiber. A LiNbO₃ polarizer coupled with a polarization maintaining fiber and a silica planar waveguide at the two ends was measured using white light interferometer. According to the principles of optical coherence domain polarimeter (OCDP) technique, the test scheme is analyzed and presented to measure the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer with its apparatus proposed correspondingly. By analyzing the interference intensity, both the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer and its coupling crosstalk with optical fiber and waveguide are obtained. The results illustrate that the ER of a 5 mm-long LiNbO₃ polarizer is 71 dB and the crosstalk of the coupling points are around 40 dB. The results have good agreement with analysis.     

Characterization of electrodeposited Bi2S3 thin films by holographic interferometry

Optical non destructive evaluation methods, using lasers as the object illumination source, include holographic interferometry. It is widely used to measure stress, strain, and vibration in engineering structures. Double exposure holographic interferometry (DEHI) technique is used to determine thickness and stress of electrodeposited bismuth trisulphide (Bi₂S₃) thin films for various deposition times. The same is tested for other concentration of the precursors. It is observed that, increase in deposition time, increases thickness of thin film but decreases stress to the substrate. The structural, optical and surface wettability properties of the as deposited films have been studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical absorption and contact angle measurement, respectively. The X-ray diffraction study reveals that the films are polycrystalline with orthorhombic crystal structure. Optical absorption study shows the presence of direct transition with band bap 1.78 eV. The water contact angle measurement shows hydrophobic nature of Bi₂S₃ thin film surface.     

光折变晶体LiNbO_3:Fe中的特殊散射现象

用柱面透镜把经针孔滤波器扩束的激光束沿某一个方向聚焦成细丝状(或长条状),细丝状光束垂直入射到LiNbO_3:Fe晶体上,在远场位置观察散射光.我们发现光散射的方向与晶体的c轴方向不一致,不仅沿着晶体的c轴方向有散射光出现,沿光束的条形方向也出现很强的散射光.     

二维LiNbO3非线性光子晶体

制备了周期为13.64 μm方形格子二维周期性极化的LiNbO₃，利用二阶准相位匹 配实现了波长为1.064μm二倍频，二次谐波的内部转换效率高达42％. 测量了二次谐波输出功率随晶体温度及入射光入射方向的变化，实验值与模拟计算一致. 制备二阶准相位匹配掩模板，解决了在制备一阶准相位匹配掩模板中遇到周期尺寸太小、数据量大的难题，同时还降低了因周期太小造成的极化难度. 关键词： 二维 准相位匹配 二次谐波     

Optical waveguide engraving in a LiNbO3 crystal fiber

This paper reports the engraving of an optical waveguide inside a LiNbO₃ crystal fiber via the photorefractive effect and an optical vortex. Afterwards this waveguide was successfully tested and its properties evidenced.     

Instantaneous velocity measurement of dynamic deformation by digital holographic interferometry

A novel method for the instantaneous velocity measurement of dynamic deformation by digital holographic interferometry is proposed. During dynamic deformation, a series of digital holograms is recorded by a high-speed camera. At each pixel of the phase difference maps, phase and amplitude information are combined as complex phasor (CP). Each pixel can be then considered as an independent sensor and a sequence of complex phasors of such a sensor is analyzed by short time Fourier transform (STFT) along the time axis. A fast iterative algorithm is developed for the computation of instantaneous velocity. The displacement of each pixel can also be obtained by integration of the instantaneous velocity over time and phase unwrapping process is thus avoided. The performance of the proposed CP method is compared experimentally with the commonly used digital phase subtraction method.     

Theory of variable-angle switch by anisotropic diffraction in photorefractive LiNbO3 crystal

Based on the anisotropic diffraction of photorefractive LiNbO₃ crystal, we present the theoretical result of a variable-angle switch. The deflection angle of the proposed switch can be changed by changing value of writing angles of the grating, and the result shows that the deflection angle can change in the range of −1° to +1°. The proposed theory can be used in switching design.     

Improvement in refractive-index change in LiNbO3：Ce：Cu by applying an external electric field

By jointly solving two-centre material equations with a nonzero external electric field and coupled-wave equations, we have numerically studied the dependence of the non-volatile holographic recording in LiNbO3：Ce：Cu crystals on the external electric field. The dominative photovoltaic effect of the non-volatile holographic recording in doubly doped LiNbO3 crystals is directly verified. And an external electric field that is applied in the positive direction along the c-axis （or a large one in the negative direction of the c-axis） in the recording phase and another one that is applied in the negative direction of the c-axis in the fixing phase are both proved to benefit strong photorefractive performances. Experimental verifications are given with a small electric field applied externally.     

Group delay dispersion measurement of Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 crystal with white-light interferometry

We report the group delay dispersion of Yb³⁺:YAl₃(BO₃)₄ (Yb:YAB) crystal measured by a white-light interferometer, and compare with that calculated from the Sellmeier formulae provided by the crystal supplier, over the wavelength range from 1000 nm to 1080 nm. The data should be useful for the dispersion compensation for femtosecond pulse generation in Yb:YAB lasers.     

Effect of wavelength of sensitizing light on holographic storage properties in LiNbO3:Fe:Ni crystal

By sensitizing with 514 nm green light, 488 nm blue light and 390 nm ultraviolet light, respectively, recording with 633 nm red light, effect of wavelength of sensitizing light on holographic storage properties in LiNbO₃:Fe:Ni crystal is investigated in detail. It is shown that by shortening the wavelength of sensitizing light gradually, nonvolatile holographic recording properties of oxidized LiNbO₃:Fe:Ni crystal is optimized gradually, 390 nm ultraviolet light is the best as the sensitizing light. Considering the absorption of sensitizing light, to obtain the best performance in two-center holographic recording we must choose a sensitizing wavelength that is long enough to prevent unwanted absorptions (band-to-band, etc.) and short enough to result in efficient sensitization from the deep traps. So in practice a trade-off is always needed. Explanation is presented theoretically.     

Spectroscopic analysis of Er transition in Mg/Er-codoped LiNbO3 crystal

We present a Judd-Ofelt spectroscopic analysis on the Mg/Er-codoped congruent lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) crystals. The Judd-Ofelt model is applied to the room temperature unpolarized absorption intensities of Er³⁺ ions on eleven transition bands to determine their intensity parameters: Ω₂=2.36×10⁻²⁰ cm², Ω₄=0.76×10⁻²⁰ cm², Ω₆=0.30×10⁻²⁰ cm² in Er:LiNbO₃ crystal heavily codoped with MgO. The radiative lifetime of ²H_9/2 becomes longer when MgO is added into Er:LiNbO₃ crystal. The experimental lifetimes are obtained using microsecond time-resolved spectra at 400 nm femtosecond pulse excitation to predict radiative quantum efficiency. Combining higher radiative quantum efficiency with longer radiative lifetime, we conclude that Mg/Er-codoped LiNbO₃ crystals are more suitable than Er: LiNbO₃ ones in laser materials.