Non-Steady-State PhotoEMF in Crystals with Long Relaxation Times of Photoconductivity,

Abstract

The recently discovered effect of non-steady-state photo(EMF) is a powerful technique for the measurement of different parameters of photorefractive crystals. The photoEMF is observed as an alternating electric current J to the omega through a short-circuited sample of photoconductor illuminated by a vibrating pattern of interference between two coherent waves, one of-which is phase modulated with frequency omega. It results from a periodic modulation of the spatial shift between the distribution of photoconductivity that follows movements of the interference pattern and the distribution of the space-charge electric field recorded through the conventional diffusion holographic mechanism in photorefractive crystals.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADP006748

Entities

People

  • I. A. Sokolov
  • S. I. Stepanov

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electric Current
  • Electric Fields
  • Electricity
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Photoconductivity
  • Photoconductors
  • Photorefractive Materials
  • Relaxation Time
  • Space Charge
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster