Journal of Physical Studies 5(1), 19–23 (2001)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.05.19 RADIATION AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE LiNbO3 CRYSTALS DOPED WITH d- AND f-ELEMENTSYa. A. Zhydachevskii{1}, A. O. Matkovskii1, D. Yu. Sugak{1,2}, P. Potera{3}, I. Pracka{4}, T. Łukasiewicz{4}, I. M. Solskii{2}, J. Mierczyk{5}
1National University Lviv Polytechnic,
12 Bandera Str., Lviv, UA-79013, Ukraine |
The influence of gamma irradiation on optical properties of the LiNbO$_3$ crystals doped with $d$- and $f$-elements was studied. The origin of the induced absorption is discussed. A model of the genetic defects formation for these crystals is proposed.
PACS number(s): 61.72.Ji, 61.80.Ed, 78.50.Ec.