Two‐beam coupling in photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals with moving grating: Theory and experiments

P Refregier, L Solymar, H Rajbenbach… - Journal of Applied …, 1985 - pubs.aip.org
Large values of the exponential gain coefficient Γ are obtained (Γ≂ 8–12 cm− 1) when
recording with a moving grating in photorefractive BSO crystals (nearly degenerate two …

Coherent signal beam amplification in two-wave mixing experiments with photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals

JP Huignard, A Marrakchi - Optics Communications, 1981 - Elsevier
The amplification of the input signal beam in two-wave mixing experiments with
photorefractive Bi 12 SiO 20 crystals is achieved when an additional phase shift is …

Diffraction efficiency and energy transfer in two-wave mixing experiments with Bi12SiO20 crystals

A Marrakchi, JP Huignard, P Günter - Applied physics, 1981 - Springer
The diffraction efficiency and energy transfer are investigated in photorefractive Bi 12 SiO 20
crystals (BSO). Dependence on fringe spacing, electric fields, light intensity and rise-time …

“Running” holograms in photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals

SI Stepanov, VV Kulikov, MP Petrov - Optics Communications, 1982 - Elsevier
It is shown that under uniform illumination and application of an external electric field, a
phase volume hologram in a photorefractive crystal exists in the form of relaxing running …

Two-wave mixing and energy transfer in Bi12SiO20 crystals: application to image amplification and vibration analysis

JP Huignard, A Marrakchi - Optics Letters, 1981 - opg.optica.org
The energy transfer between two beams (signal and reference, respectively) writing a
dynamic-volume hologram in photorefractive BSO crystals is applied to the image …

Two-wave mixing with an applied field and a moving grating

GC Valley - JOSA B, 1984 - opg.optica.org
The theory for two-wave mixing in a photorefractive material with an external electric field
and a moving grating is developed. Large gain enhancements are predicted for grating …

Self-induced coherent oscillations with photorefractive Bi12SiO20 amplifier

H Rajbenbach, JP Huignard - Optics letters, 1985 - opg.optica.org
We report coherent oscillations due to self-induced moving gratings in photorefractive BSO
crystals when recording with an external applied field. Different types of ring and phase …

Hologram fixing process at room temperature in photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals

JP Herriau, JP Huignard - Applied physics letters, 1986 - pubs.aip.org
We present the first demonstration of a room-temperature grating fixing process in a
photorefractive Bi l2Si02o crystal. This arises from a space-charge compensation due to a …

Spatial frequency dependence of the energy transfer in two-wave mixing experiments with BSO crystals

H Rajbenbach, JP Huignard, B Loiseaux - Optics communications, 1983 - Elsevier
Energy transfer between two beams interfering in an electrooptic Bi 12 SiO 20 crystal is
analyzed as a function of the spatial frequency of the recorded hologram. We report high …

Theory of photorefractive vectorial wave coupling in cubic crystals

BI Sturman, EV Podivilov, KH Ringhofer, E Shamonina… - Physical Review E, 1999 - APS
We present an analytical theory of vectorial wave coupling in photorefractive cubic crystals
which are, in general, optically active. The theory is based on the systematic use of the …