Abstract

A simple nondestructive diffraction method is introduced to estimate the internal electric field present in the congruent lithium niobate crystal. Due to the presence of an unrelaxed internal field, the as-poled sample acts as an index grating and diffracts the incident light beam. By analyzing the diffraction patterns, we calculated the refractive index difference ($\Delta n = 1.52 \times {{10}^{- 4}}$) between the poled and the unpoled domains, and the duty cycle error of 7.9%. Using the Pockels effect, the internal field ${E_i}$ present in the periodically poled lithium niobate crystal is estimated to be 2.56 kV/mm.

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