The low-temperature photochromic and photorefractive response of bismuth germanium oxide doped with molybdenum

AW Wood, CA Hunt, JJ Martin - Journal of applied physics, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Doping the photorefractive material bismuth germanium oxide, Bi 12 Ge O 20 (BGO), with
the 4 d atom molybdenum introduces only a small shift to lower energy in the absorption …

Photochromic response of bismuth germanium oxide doped with chromium

JS McCullough, AL Harmon Bauer, CA Hunt… - Journal of Applied …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Doping the photorefractive material bismuth germanium oxide Bi 12 GeO 20 (BGO) with
chromium significantly affects its optical properties. An absorption spectrum taken at 300 K …

The low‐temperature photochromic response of bismuth germanium oxide

JJ Martin, I Foldvari, CA Hunt - Journal of applied physics, 1991 - pubs.aip.org
Exposing the photorefractive bismuth germanium oxide (BGO) at low temperatures to 2.5–
3.3 eV light produces photochromic absorption bands. In both undoped and Fe‐doped …

Low‐temperature photochromic response of gallium‐doped bismuth germanium oxide

DW Hart, CA Hunt, JJ Martin - Journal of applied physics, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
Gallium is one of several dopants that electronically compensate the deep donor
responsible for the yellow coloration observed in bismuth germanium oxide (BGO). A series …

Persistent refractive index gratings in bismuth germanium oxide doped with chromium

JS McCullough, ALH Bauer, CA Hunt… - Journal of Applied …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
The kinetics of the production and dark-decay of index gratings in chromium-doped bismuth
germanium oxide Bi 12 GeO 20 (BGO) and undoped BGO were investigated as a function of …

Bi4Ge3O12:Cr: a new photorefractive material

E Moya, L Contreras, C Zaldo - JOSA B, 1988 - opg.optica.org
Photorefractive (PR) gratings have been induced by 442-nm light illumination in
Bi_4Ge_3O_12 single crystals doped with Cr impurities. In undoped material no grating was …

The low‐temperature photochromic response of bismuth silicon oxide

DW Hart, CA Hunt, DD Hunt, JJ Martin… - Journal of applied …, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
Exposing the photorefractive material bismuth silicon oxide (BSO) at low temperatures to 2.4–
3.3 eV light produces photochromic absorption bands. In undoped and Fe‐doped BSO …

On the microscopic origin of the photochromic and photorefractive behavior of doped Bi4Ge3O12 single crystals

C Zaldo, E Dieguez - Optical Materials, 1992 - Elsevier
Abstract Doping Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 single crystals with Co impurities enables the presence of a
photochromic behavior which is induced at room temperature (rt) with ultraviolet (uv) light …

Temperature dependence of the photorefractive effect in undoped Bi12GeO20

I Foldvari, JJ Martin, CA Hunt, RC Powell… - Journal of applied …, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
The low‐temperature four‐wave mixing (FWM) photorefractive response was investigated in
undoped Bi12GeO20 (BGO) crystals. The FWM diffraction efficiency increases as the …

Temperature enhancement of the photorefractive sensitivity of BSO and BGO

MA Powell, CR Petts - Optics letters, 1986 - opg.optica.org
A reversible 16-fold increase in the long-wavelength (633-nm) photorefractive sensitivity of
bismuth silicon oxide is observed to occur when the crystal temperature is elevated to 300° …