The complete description of two-wave interaction in photorefractive crystals involves two
sets of differential equations: the materials equations and the field equations, although …

The transients in photorefractive two-wave mixing are investigated under the condition when
the electron generation time is comparable with the dielectric relaxation time. It is shown that …

The photorefractive effect is a phenomenon in which the local index of refraction is changed
by the spatial variation of the light intensity. Such an effect was first discovered in 1966. The …

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 …

There is a growing demand for nonlinear optical materials for a variety of applications—
lasers and coherent sources, electrooptic devices, communication technologies, and optical …

The development of a theory of four-wave mixing in photorefractive crystals is described.
This theory is solved in the undepleted pumps approximation with linear absorption and …

This is the first volume of a set of three within the Springer Series in Optical Sciences, and is
devoted to photorefractive effects, photorefractive materials, and their applications. Since the …

We experimentally demonstrate degenerate, forward four-wave mixing effects in a self-
defocusing photorefractive medium, in both one and two transverse dimensions. We …

The steady-state beam-coupling gain during two-wave mixing in photorefractive materials
has been analyzed in the strong nonlinear regime (high modulation depths). Numerical …

In June 2009 about 140 researchers from all over the world will meet for three days in Bad
Honnef, Germany, to discuss newest results at the 12th topical meeting “Photorefractive …