Asymmetry of two-wave coupling in cubic photorefractive crystals

H Tuovinen, AA Kamshilin, T Jaaskelainen - JOSA B, 1997 - opg.optica.org
Analysis of two-wave coupling in cubic crystal classes 23 and 4¯ 3m is presented for
arbitrary orientation of the grating vector and the applied electric field. We show that the most …

Diffraction from thermally fixed gratings in a photorefractive medium: steady-state and transient analysis

M Jeganathan, L Hesselink - JOSA B, 1994 - opg.optica.org
We investigate diffraction from a thermally fixed grating in a photorefractive medium with an
ion concentration that is large compared with the acceptor density. A numerical solution to …

Photorefractive and domain gratings in barium titanate

RS Cudney, J Fousek, M Zgonik, P Günter… - Applied physics …, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
We present concrete evidence for the formation of ferroelectric domain gratings induced by
photorefractive space-charge electric fields in top-seeded solution-grown barium titanate …

Characterization of a photorefractive phase conjugator by optical low‐coherence reflectometry

P Lambelet, RP Salathe, MH Garrett, D Rytz - Applied physics letters, 1994 - pubs.aip.org
Optical low coherence reflectometry is applied to measure with μm precision the type,
position and length of gratings inside a barium‐titanate crystal producing self‐pumped …

Explanation of the apparent sublinear photoconductivity of photorefractive barium titanate

D Mahgerefteh, J Feinberg - Physical review letters, 1990 - APS
We explain the apparent sublinear intensity dependence of photoconductivity in barium
titanate. In our model shallow acceptors act as a reservoir for charges optically excited from …

Kinky beam paths inside photorefractive crystals

WP Brown, GC Valley - JOSA B, 1993 - opg.optica.org
Beam paths inside photorefractive crystals under conditions of beam fanning or self-pumped
conjugation that uses crystal corners are often kinky—ie, they consist of short, straight line …

Diffraction properties of momentum-mismatched gratings in photorefractive media

C Gu, J Hong, P Yeh - JOSA B, 1992 - opg.optica.org
We consider the diffraction properties of index gratings in photorefractive media, assuming
an arbitrary momentum mismatch (Bragg mismatch). The incident and diffracted waves …

Two-wave mixing in photorefractive BaTiO3:Rh at 1.06 µm in the nanosecond regime

N Huot, JMC Jonathan, G Roosen, D Rytz - Optics letters, 1997 - opg.optica.org
We present two-beam coupling experiments in the nanosecond regime at 1.06?? µm, using
photorefractive BaTiO_3: Rh.? The maximum observed exponential gain coefficient is 14.2 …

Nearly degenerate two-beam coupling in photorefractive crystals with two species of movable carriers

A Shumelyuk, S Odoulov, G Brost - JOSA B, 1998 - opg.optica.org
Two-beam intensity coupling is calculated for photorefractive crystals with two types of
movable charge carrier in the undepleted-pump approximation. The analytical expressions …

Dynamics of light-induced absorption in BaTiO3 and application for intensity stabilization

K Buse, T Bierwirth - JOSA B, 1995 - opg.optica.org
Illumination of a photorefractive BaTiO_3 crystal provides an induced absorption increase,
which is explained by the two-center charge transport model. Detailed investigations of …