Visualization of the Effect of an Impurity on the Optical Homogeneity of Lithium Niobate Doped with Boron Cations

Autor: Pikoul, O., Sidorov, Nikolay V., Palatnikov, Mikhail N.
Zdroj: Key Engineering Materials; May 2021, Vol. 887 Issue: 1 p65-70, 6p
Abstrakt: The laser conoscopy method confirms the high optical uniformity of LiNbO3:B crystals in the range of B2O3 concentrations from 0.008 to 1.24 mol. %. Minor signs of anomalous optical biaxiality appear in the conoscopic patterns of crystals at boron concentrations of 0.12 and 0.83 mol. % at a laser power of 90 mW. The maximum value of the angle of anomalous optical axes for the studied samples is 2V = 10 ´ for the sample (0.12 mol. %), ?nd the value of anomalous birefringence corresponds to ?n = 0.02·10-5.
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