Abstract
Elementary holographic gratings are recorded in iron-doped near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals in the presence of an external electric field close to the coercive field. The resulting diffraction efficiency η vanishes upon subsequent homogeneous illumination but can temporarily be revealed by application of an external field well above the coercive field. All results are explained assuming that a ferroelectric domain pattern of only 0.01% modulation degree is created during recording. The process is similar to “electrical fixing” in other photorefractive materials.
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