The response of photorefractive materials to sinusoidal intensity patterns of high modulation
depths is considered. It is shown that the induced refractive-index response in this regime is …

We consider the process of nonstationary enhancement of the photorefractive effect through
the application of time-varying (square-wave) electric fields. By examining the full second …

Photorefractive materials have been assuming ever increasing prominence in the non-linear
optics field due to their unique capability for displaying strong non-linear effects at milliwatt …

The nonlinear differential equations describing the response of photorefractive material to a
moving sinusoidal intensity pattern that permits large modulation depth are solved by a …

In this chapter, the standard model accounting for the photorefractive nonlinearity in a
material is presented. The mathematical formalism of the rate equations has been …

A numerical approach has been developed for simulating the recording and erasure kinetics
in photorefractive materials for high modulation of the light-intensity pattern. The recording …

The time-dependent, nonlinear Kukhtarev equations are numerically solved to determine the
temporal and spatial dependence of the space-charge field for a sinusoidal intensity profile …

The modulational instability of quasi-plane-wave optical beams in biased photorefractive
media is investigated under steady-state conditions. The spatial growth rate of the sideband …

We show analytically and numerically that the refractive-index gratings produced by the
photorefractive effect need not be of the same periodicity as the driving light intensity. Even …

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 …