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The electrooptic effect in lithium niobate crystals (LiNbO3) for extremely high externally applied electric fields of up to 65 kV/mm is investigated. Homogeneous electrooptic refractive-index changes of up to 4.8×10-3 are found for ordinarily polarized light. No quadratic electrooptic effect is observed. An upper bound for the quadratic electrooptic coefficient of |s13|≤2.3×10-21 m2/V2 is determined. Electrooptic, angular, and wavelength tuning of the Bragg condition of a thermally fixed hologram are demonstrated.
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Received: 29 October 2002 / Revised version: 14 January 2003 / Published online: 26 March 2003
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Luennemann, M., Hartwig, U., Panotopoulos, G. et al. Electrooptic properties of lithium niobate crystals for extremely high external electric fields . Appl Phys B 76, 403–406 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1123-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1123-9