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Optical properties and structure particularities of LiNbO 3 crystals grown from a boron-doped melt

M. N. PalatnikovR. A. TitovN. V. SidorovK. BormanisNatalya A. Teplyakova

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Materials sciencephotorefractive effectAnalytical chemistrychemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencessymbols.namesake0103 physical sciencesMaterials Chemistry:NATURAL SCIENCES:Physics [Research Subject Categories]boron dopingElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBoron010302 applied physicsDopingPhotorefractive effect021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter PhysicsLithium niobate single crystalElectronic Optical and Magnetic Materialspattern of photoinduced light scatteringchemistryControl and Systems EngineeringBoron dopingRaman spectroscopyCeramics and Compositessymbols0210 nano-technologyRaman spectroscopy

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A series of LiNbO3:B crystals was grown from the melt doped by boron. It is shown that LiNbO3:B crystals possess an increased resistance to optical damage. We have found changes according to Raman spectra confirming the ordering of Li+, Nb5+ cations and vacancies along the polar axis. The chemical interactions were studied in the system Li2O–B2O3–Nb2O5. Boron cations are unable to incorporate into a cation sublattice of LiNbO3, but they change the physic-chemical structure of a melt. It contributes to an increased structure and optical uniformity of LiNbO3:B.

10.1080/10584587.2019.1591983http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10584587.2019.1591983