Theoretical study of the intensity dependence of total effective trap density in photorefractive crystals

Abstract

Intensity dependence of the total effective trap density Neff is studied theoretically for the two-centre and the three-charge-state photorefractive crystals. The results show that Neff always increases with increasing intensity in three-charge-state crystals, whereas it has more complicated behaviors in two-centre crystals. When SDγT/STγD is small, Neff increases and tends to saturate with increasing intensity for both type-A and type-B two-centre crystals. When SDγT/STγD is large, Neff increases to a maximum and then decreases a little for type-A crystals and decreases greatly for type-B crystals. The different intensity dependences of Neff in the two types of crystals come from their different level structures.