Fractal analysis of photoinduced light-scattering patterns in stoichiometric LiNbO3 crystals

Abstract

We have analyzed the fractal dimension of photoinduced light-scattering patterns in stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystals of different genesis and, based on this analysis, we have investigated the dynamics of manifestation of laser-induced defects in different layers of the photoinduced light-scattering pattern in these crystals. Energy transfer between photoinduced light-scattering layers has been revealed. We have shown that, as distinct from the method of investigation of the photoinduced light scattering by measuring the time dynamics of the opening angle of the indicatrix of the speckle structure of the photoinduced light scattering, the investigation of the time dynamics of the fractal dimension of different layers of the photoinduced light-scattering pattern makes it possible to register particular features of time changes of the order of laser-induced defects in the crystal.