Abstract
Photorefractive recording and light and dark erasures have been measured in unannealed α-phase proton-exchanged waveguides. The saturation index change, is independent of the light intensity within the studied range, 0.3–50 W/cm2. The time dependencies are well represented by the sum of two exponential components. After complete optical erasure, diffraction efficiency η increases in the dark (i.e., dark developing) up to ∼17% of the saturation value and then decays to zero in ∼4 h. All experimental results are reasonably well simulated by a model in which the light-induced charge distribution is compensated for by a light-insensitive species (ionic charges or holes) that is mobile at room temperature.
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