Photorefractivity in semiconductors

JE Millerd, M Ziari, A Partovi - Semiconductors and Semimetals, 1998 - Elsevier
The photorefractive effect in semiconductors leads to nonlinear interactions between optical
waves such as four-wave mixing; however, the required intensity levels are orders of …

Degenerate parametric amplification in photorefractive media: theoretical analysis

HC Pedersen, PM Johansen - JOSA B, 1996 - opg.optica.org
We present for the first time, to our knowledge, a theoretical analysis of the nonlinear
dynamic space-charge field buildup when a photorefractive medium is exposed …

Combined excitation of running space charge and conductivity gratings in photorefractive crystals

M Bryushinin, V Kulikov, I Sokolov - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2005 - APS
We report the simultaneous combined excitation of the space charge and photoconductivity
gratings in photorefractive Bi 12 Si O 20 and Bi 12 Ti O 20 crystals. The experiments are …

Effects of a single optical beam on photorefractive materials: steady-state solution

C Xu, D Statman, JK McIver - JOSA B, 1992 - opg.optica.org
The band transport model describes charge statics and dynamics within photorefractive
materials. Here a steady-state solution is found for the setting in which an arbitrary optical …

Photorefractive charge compensation at elevated temperatures and application to KNbO3

G Montemezzani, M Zgonik, P Giinter - JOSA B, 1993 - opg.optica.org
We treat the photorefractive effect in oxide crystals at elevated temperatures where charge
compensation occurs in the absence of photoexcitation of the compensating species. These …

Photorefractive space–charge field formation: linear and nonlinear effects

PM Johansen - Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Theoretical and experimental investigations of the linear and nonlinear space–charge field
effects in photorefractive materials are reviewed. In particular, the aim is to explore the …

Spatial subharmonics in a photorefractive semiconductor

K Shcherbin - Applied Physics B, 2000 - Springer
The generation of spatial subharmonics is reported in a photorefractive semiconductor
(CdTe: Ge) for the first time to our knowledge. Space charge waves with a narrow spatial …

Space-charge grating kinetics in photorefractive crystals

NA Gusak - Technical physics, 2006 - Springer
Equations for the grating space-charge density and concentration of free carriers induced by
a standing light wave in an anisotropic photorefractive crystal are derived and solved. The …

On the dependence of the free carrier concentration on light intensity in photorefractive crystals

NA Gusak, NS Petrov - Technical Physics, 2001 - Springer
On the dependence of the free carrier concentration on light intensity in photorefractive
crystals Page 1 1063-7842/01/4605- $21.00 © 2001 MAIK “Nauka/Interperiodica” 0635 …

PHOTOREFRACTIVE GRATING BUILD-UP BY A 28-ps LIGHT PULSE IN BSO

JMC Jonathan, G Roosen… - Le Journal de …, 1988 - jphyscol.journaldephysique.org
Résumé Le modèle de transfert de charge dans l'effet photoréfractif prévoit sa construction
par une impulsion picoseconde. Nous en donnons une vérification expérimentale illustrant …