title: Quasinondestructive holographic recording in photochromic LiNbO3
abstract: We have observed quasinondestructive holographic storage with a continuous-wave laser at lambda = 532 nm in near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 doped with Tb and Fe. This crystal showed an exceptionally long grating decay time and also exhibited a fast color change upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. It was demonstrated that the grating recorded from the UV-exposed, colored state can be continuously read out over 9 h at a reading intensity as high as 8 mW/cm(2). In addition, the written grating could be easily erased with UV illumination which returned the crystal back to the original colored state.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takekawa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hatano