Krupych O., Smaga I. and Vlokh R.
The optical damage of photorefractive material, single LiNbO3 crystal, is experimentally studied. The specimen has been illuminated with the radiation of continuous Ar-laser (the wavelength of 488 nm) focused to 35?m spot. The induced birefringence map is obtained by means of imaging polarimeter. Promising resources of the experimental setup for detecting laser-induced damage in photorefractive materials is demonstrated.
Keywords: optical damage, anisotropy, photorefractive crystals, LiNbO3.
PACS: 42.70.Mp; 61.80.Ba; 62.20.Mk
doi 10.3116/16091833/6/4/146/2005
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Patent of Ukraine N58696A.