Influence of a Time-Dependent Applied Electric Field on the Photocurrent in Photorefractive Materials

From the differential material rate equations, we found an additional term to the usual expression of the pho- tocurrent, which appears only when a time-dependent external electric field is applied. This term influences the photocurrent in the material. We applied our equations to a Bi12SiO20 sample...

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Autores: L. M. Cervantes, A. Zúñiga, L. F. Magaña, J. G. Murillo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:46431147005
Acesso em linha:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46431147005
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
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Resumo:From the differential material rate equations, we found an additional term to the usual expression of the pho- tocurrent, which appears only when a time-dependent external electric field is applied. This term influences the photocurrent in the material. We applied our equations to a Bi12SiO20 sample, under an applied sinusoidal electric field. This sample is illuminated with an oscillating interference pattern formed by two plane light waves, one of which is phase-modulated with frequency ω. We found good agreement with experimen- tal results. Besides, for this case, our prediction for the photo- current is better than the usual prediction of the photocurrent for low values of ω.