The optical damage of photorefractive material, single LiNbO3 crystal, is experimentally studied. The specimen has been illuminated with the radiation of continuous Ar-laser (the wavelength of 488 nm) focused to 35?m spot. The induced birefringence map is obtained by means of imaging polarimeter. Promising resources of the experimental setup for detecting laser-induced damage in photorefractive materials is demonstrated.
@article{arxiv.0708.2028,
title = {Studies of Optical Damage in Photorefractive Single LiNbO3 Crystals using Imaging Polarimetry},
author = {O. Krupych and I. Smaga and R. Vlokh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2028},
year = {2007}
}