LiNbO 3crystal possesses electro optic effect and nonlinear optical effect.Bec ars e it is easy to generate photo damage(photorefractive) for LiNbO 3.This limits i ts application in some fields.When doping 6mol% ZnO or 5mol% MgO in LiNbO 3 cry stal to grow Zn∶LiNbO 3 or Mg∶LiNbO 3 crystal,the photo damage resistance ab ility fo these two crystals is two orders of magnitude higher than that of LiNbO 3.We doped 3mol% ZnO and 3mol% MgO to grow Zn∶Mg∶LiNbO 3 crystal and used Fourier spectrophotometer to measure the infrared transmission spectra.The waven umber range to measure the OH - stretched vibration transmission spectra of Zn ∶LiNbO 3,Mg∶LiNbO 3 and Zn∶Mg∶LiNbO 3 crystal is 3200 4000cm -1 .The measurement result is that the OH - stretched vibration absorption peak of Zn( 6mol%):LiNbO 3,Mg(5mol%):LiNbO 3 and Zn(3mol%):Mg(3mol%):LiNbO 3 crystal is at 3535cm -1 (2.83μm),while that of pure LiNbO 3,Zn(3mol%):LiNbO 3 and M g(3mol%):LiNbO 3 is at 3484cm -1 (2.87μm).We take the direct obseration me thod of the focula distortion in crystal to measure the photorefractive threshol d value of these crystals and gained the result that the photorefractive thresho ld value of Zn(6mol%):LiNbO 3,Mg(5mol%):LiNbO 3 and Zn(3mol%):Mg(3mol%):LiNbO 3 increase above two orders of magnitude higher than pure LiNbO 3 crystal and the photorefractive threshold value of Zn(3mol%):LiNbO 3 and Mg(3mol%):LiNbO 3 is a little higher than that of pure LiNbO 3 crystal.The congruent compositio n ratio of LiNbO 3 is Li/Nb=0.946.A part of Nb 5+ take place Li + site to form the intrinsic defect antisite Nb 4+ Li .The charge transport proc ess in LiNbO 3 is due to this kind of intrinsic defect.Especially in high light intensity,the intrinsic defect is important.The quantity that make antisite Nb 4+ Li defect structure disappear when doping ions (Mg 2+ and Zn 2+ ) substitute for all Nb 4+ Li at Li + site is called the thre shold concentration for this impurity ion.At the same time the impurity ion star t to take place Nb site.The photo
