The charge transport model of photorefractivity is used to evaluate four figures of merit that
can be employed to characterize the performance of photorefractive materials. The figures of …

Erase rates for uniformly illuminated refractive-index gratings are derived for a model of
photorefractivity in which two photoactive ions participate as donors and acceptors. The …

We study the polarization properties of volume phase gratings induced in photorefractive
materials that are both optically active and linearly birefringent, such as Bi_12SiO_20 …

We employ an optical technique requiring no electrodes to measure three parameters
characterizing photorefractive traps in nominally undoped n-type bismuth silicate at 515-and …

Solutions are obtained for the refractive index grating in a photorefractive material in which
the writing or erasing beams are short-pulse (less than tens of nanoseconds), high …

Photorefractive materials combine photoconductive and electro-optic properties: light affects
their electrical conductivity; their optical properties (refractive index, etc.) are affected by …

3, LiTaO 3, BaTiO 3, Ba 1-x Sr x TiO 3 (, BST), Ba 1-x Ca x TiO 3 (, BCT), KNbO 3, KTa 1-x
Nb x O 3 (, KTN), Sr 1-x Ba x Nb 2 O 6 (, SBN) and Bi 12 (Si, Ti, Ge) O 20 (BSO, BTO, BGO) …

This volume is based on lectures and contributed papers presented at the Eleventh Course
of the International School of Materials Science and Tech nology that was held in Erice …

Solutions to the band-transport equations are developed to include effects on the amplitude,
dynamics, and spatial-frequency response of the space-charge field when periodic or dc …

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 …