Studies of Optical Damage in Photorefractive Single LiNbO3 Crystals using Imaging Polarimetry
arXiv:0708.2028 · doi:10.3116/16091833/6/4/146/2005
Abstract
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.
5 pages, 6 figures