A two‐dimensional treatment suitable both for perpendicular (Pockels readout optical
modulators, etc.) and for parallel (image amplifiers, etc.) photorefractive devices is …

A two-dimensional formulation is presented for holographic recording in thin photorefractive
films. The corresponding rate equations take into account two components (parallel and …

The effect of an imposed step-like phase-shift of the light fringes on the recording and
erasure kinetics of photorefractive gratings has been theoretically investigated for an …

In this chapter, the standard model accounting for the photorefractive nonlinearity in a
material is presented. The mathematical formalism of the rate equations has been …

We have used a two-dimensional charge transport model to study edge effects in
photorefractive thin films. Our result shows the presence of a large surface charge layer that …

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 …

The erasure kinetics of holographic gratings has been theoretically studied for a material
containing two photorefractive species. The approach is an extension of the method …

Analytical expressions for the transient processes in photorefractive crystals (an energy
exchange and grating formation) are obtained, which occur in a two-beam optical scheme …

A two-dimensional time-dependent analysis is presented to describe photorefractive
recording in a film with anisotropic transport parameters. The solution of the rate equations …

The papers collected in this Feature are representative of the theoretical and experimental
results presented at the Second Topical Meeting on Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and …