Edge enhancement, contrast reversal and logic operations using beam fanning in a photorefractive iron-doped barium titanate crystal

K Kamra, K Singh - Journal of Modern Optics, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
We investigate the dynamics of beam fanning in a photorefractive barium titanate crystal at
different wavelengths and with a mixed-polarization state of the input beam. The …

A novel way of noise reduction in image amplification by two-beam coupling in photorefractive BaTiO3 crystal

J Joseph, PKC Pillai, K Singh - Optics communications, 1990 - Elsevier
A scheme is described for removal of beam fanning, which is noise in the amplified image,
by two-beam coupling in a photorefractive BaTiO 3 crystal. The large time constant of the …

Crystal orientation dependence of the SNR for signal beam amplification in photorefractive BaTiO3

J Joseph, K Singh, PKC Pillai - Optics & Laser Technology, 1991 - Elsevier
In signal beam amplification by two-beam coupling in BaTiO 3 photorefractive crystals, beam
fanning in the direction of the amplified signal reduces the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The …

Efficient contour generation and tracking of a moving object with a rhodium-doped crystal working in the near infrared

P Mathey, P Jullien, D Rytz - Applied physics letters, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
The depletion efficiencies and their corresponding constant times are investigated in four
differently doped barium titanate crystals at the near-infrared wavelength of 854 nm. It is …

Spatial fidelity in photorefractive image amplification

S Zhou, QB He, P Yeh, HK Liu - Optics communications, 1993 - Elsevier
The spatial fidelity of amplified images in photorefractive materials due to spatial gain
variations with computation and experiment based on BaTiO 3 is investigated. The results …

Fanning effects in photorefractive crystals

YH Hong, P Xie, JH Dai, Y Zhu, HG Yang, HJ Zhang - Optics letters, 1993 - opg.optica.org
A model to describe the fanning effect based on the beam-coupling mechanism in
photorefractive crystals is presented. The intensity distribution of the fanning beam in a 45° …

Spatial fidelity of image amplification in photorefractive crystals

P Xie, JH Dai, PY Wang, HJ Zhang - Applied optics, 1996 - opg.optica.org
We numerically studied the spatial fidelity of coherent image amplification by two-wave
mixing configurations in photorefractive BaTiO_3: Ce using a three-dimensional analysis …

A simple method for image restoration and image pre-processing using two-wave mixing in Bi12TiO20

T Baade, A Kiessling… - Journal of Optics A: Pure …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical information processing is one possible application of photorefractive crystals. In
contrast to other methods where photorefractive crystals with high electro-optic coefficients …

Enhanced beam amplification in a photorefractive Bi12TiO20 crystal by internal reflections

AV Khomenko, A Garcia-Weidner, D Tentori - Optics letters, 1996 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate experimentally that internal reflections of a signal and (or) a pump beam
allow one to increase beam amplification by two-beam coupling in a long Bi_12TiO_20 …

Intensity-dependent absorption coefficient in photorefractive BaTiO3 crystals

A Motes, JJ Kim - JOSA B, 1987 - opg.optica.org
It is shown experimentally that the nonsymmetric behavior of the beam-coupling gain
coefficient of BaTiO_3 crystals with respect to the sense of the c axis is caused by an …