Efficient unstationary holographic recording in photorefractive crystals under an external alternating electric field

SI Stepanov, MP Petrov - Optics communications, 1985 - Elsevier
The theoretical analysis of unstationary holographic recording in photorefractive crystals
under an external alternating electric field is presented. In particular, a step-like ac field …

“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 …

Influence of the optical activity on hologram formation in photorefractive crystals

NV Kukhtarev, GE Dovgalenko, VN Starkov - Applied Physics A, 1984 - Springer
It is shown that dynamical hologram formation in photorefractive, optically active crystals is
accompanied by polarization and energy exchange. These effects may be used like new …

Transient energy transfer during hologram formation in photorefractive crystals

JM Heaton, L Solymar - Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics, 1985 - Taylor & Francis
The temporal and spatial variation of the beam intensities and space charge electric field
during hologram formation in a photorefractive crystal are determined by solving the relevant …

Holographic fixing, readout, and storage dynamics in photorefractive materials

A Yariv, S Orlov, G Rakuljic, V Leyva - Optics letters, 1995 - opg.optica.org
Holographic gratings in photorefractive crystals that are based on charge redistribution
inevitably decay as a result of ionic and electronic conduction. Under certain and restricted …

Incremental recording for photorefractive hologram multiplexing

Y Taketomi, JE Ford, H Sasaki, J Ma, Y Fainman… - Optics letters, 1991 - opg.optica.org
We investigate an incremental recording technique for multiplexed hologram storage in
photorefractive crystals, in which each hologram is recorded with multiple short exposures …

Applications of photorefractive crystals

SI Stepanov - Reports on progress in physics, 1994 - iopscience.iop.org
The main suggestions in practical applications of dynamic photorefractive holographic
recording for interferometry, processing of 2D pictures, operations with laser beams, and …

Nonvolatile storage in photorefractive crystals

D Psaltis, F Mok, HYS Li - Optics letters, 1994 - opg.optica.org
We propose and demonstrate a nonvolatile holographic recording system for storing two-
dimensional images. The readout light in this system is not absorbed by the holographic …

Maximized photorefractive holographic storage

ES Maniloff, KM Johnson - Journal of Applied physics, 1991 - pubs.aip.org
Recording angularly multiplexed holograms in photorefractive media requires an
understanding of both the recording and erasure dynamics. In this paper a coupled‐wave …

Photorefractive incoherent-to-coherent optical converter

Y Shi, D Psaltis, A Marrakchi, AR Tanguay - Applied Optics, 1983 - opg.optica.org
Photorefractive materials have been extensively used in recent years as real-time recording
media for optical holography.[1],[2] One prospective application of real-time holography is in …