We present a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of a grating envelope, in both
transmission and reflection geometry, during the erasure process in various readout …

We introduce the concept of traveling grating envelopes to study the erasure dynamics in
bulk photorefractive media. This new technique provides considerable physical insight into …

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 dynamics of a composite grating that consists of an original grating and a newly
superimposed grating are investigated for memory applications by solution of coupled-wave …

For the first time to our knowledge, we demonstrate the use of self-enhanced diffraction to
optically restore weak dynamic volume holograms. This restoration process is achieved …

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 …

We implement a random-walk scattering model in a nonlinear beam-propagation code to
simulate fanning in photorefractive crystals. The characteristics of the scatterers were …

Growth-induced striations in photorefractive media scatter transmitted light, degrading their
performance in holographic applications. We model this phenomenon by considering the …

Growth-induced striations in photorefractive media constitute phase gratings that scatter
transmitted light and therefore degrade the quality of reconstructed images in holographic …

We present detailed calculations of the temporal and spatial evolution of beam fanning in
photorefractive crystals that is initiated by scattering from noise. We show that fanning starts …