Tunable optical filter for wavelength division multiplexing using dynamic interband photorefractive gratings

P Dittrich, G Montemezzani, P Günter - Optics communications, 2002 - Elsevier
We demonstrate a narrow-bandwidth tunable optical filter in the telecommunication
wavelength region near 1550 nm using dynamic holography. A thick holographic reflection …

Deep-ultraviolet interband photorefraction in lithium tantalate

P Dittrich, B Koziarska-Glinka, G Montemezzani… - JOSA B, 2004 - opg.optica.org
Interband photorefraction in near-stoichiometric lithium tantalate is demonstrated and
investigated at the deep-ultraviolet (UV) wavelength λ_UV= 257 nm. Formation of two …

Deep UV light induced, fast reconfigurable and fixed waveguides in Mg doped LiTaO3

F Juvalta, B Koziarska-Glinka, M Jazbinšek… - Optics …, 2006 - opg.optica.org
Dynamic waveguides are induced beneath the surface of magnesium doped near-
stoichiometric lithium tantalate by deep UV light at lambda= 257 nm using the interband …

Sub-millisecond interband photorefraction in magnesium doped lithium tantalate

P Dittrich, G Montemezzani, M Habu, M Matsukura… - Optics …, 2004 - Elsevier
We show that doping of near stoichiometric lithium tantalate with magnesium leads to
enhanced interband photorefractive effects compared with undoped crystals. Investigations …

Interband photorefraction at visible wavelength in Sn2P2S6 crystals

R Ryf, G Montemezzani, P Günter… - … Materials, Effects and …, 1999 - opg.optica.org
The dynamics of holographic grating induced by band-to-band excitation is investigated in
tin hypothiodiphosphate. The grating were written at a wavelength of 488 and 514 nm and …

Photorefractive gratings generated by band-gap excitation: Application to KNbO3

M Carrascosa, F Agullo-Lopez, G Montemezzani… - Applied Physics B, 2001 - Springer
A simple model was developed to account for the generation of thin space–charge gratings
induced by band-gap illumination in photorefractive crystals. It includes the high-intensity …

Holographic gratings in pure and Mg-doped near-stoichiometric LiTaO3 induced by deep-ultraviolet light

F Juvalta, P Dittrich, G Montemezzani… - … , and Processing of …, 2006 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Interband photorefractive gratings induced by deep ultraviolet light at λ UV= 257 nm are
investigated in pure and Mg-doped near-stoichiometric LiTaO 3. By controlling the …

Band-to-band photorefraction

G Montemezzani, P Dittrich, P Günter - Photorefractive Materials and Their …, 2006 - Springer
In conventional photorefraction, which is the matter of most of the chapters in this book
series, the photoexcitation at the origin of the charge transport process occurs from mid-gap …

[PDF][PDF] Optical parallel processing based on the photorefractive effect

R Ryf - 2000 - research-collection.ethz.ch
In optical parallel processing data pages are modulated on a laser beam and elab¬ orated
in a page by page modus. Data pages can contain several millions of bits, thereby providing …

[PDF][PDF] Optical wave manipulation and signal processing in anisotropic photorefractive materials

GL Montemezzani - 2003 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The photorefractive effect, an indirect nonlinear optical effect mediated by the material
photoconductivity, offers the unique opportunity to obtain high sensitivity light-light …