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Observation of space charges in the photorefractive region and surface electric breakdown in LiNbO3-Fe

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The space chages formed in the process of photorefraction in LiNbO3 crystals is visualised by charged powder techniques. The results confirmed the existence of space charge carriers at the periphery of the illuminated region with negative charge carriers in the +z periphery and positive in the −z. The observed patterns on the surface of LiNbO3-Fe (0.05%) crystal illuminated with higher light intensities presented discharge-like features, namely traces of discharge in the medium at the crystal surface. The correlation between the kinetics curves of birefringence changeΔn(t) and the revealed surface patterns indicated that electric breakdown of the medium at the surfaces was responsible for the periodic reduction ofΔn(t).

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  1. Department of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China

    Wen Jin-ke, Zhao Jia-nai, Tang Yan-seng & Wang Hua-fu

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Jin-ke, W., Jia-nai, Z., Yan-seng, T. et al. Observation of space charges in the photorefractive region and surface electric breakdown in LiNbO3-Fe. Appl. Phys. A 29, 195–198 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00615066

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