Photorefractive materials have been used in a wide variety of applications, as will be
discussed later. These materials have several features which make them particularly …

Optical methods offer fascinating possibilities for many applications, especially when using
coherent light; however, material properties often introduce undesired limitations. In …

Because of their large optical nonlinearity at low light intensity (and also because they are
fun to play with), photorefractive materials have stimulated a large research effort in the …

The facility to control light with light is becoming a key function for advanced photonics
architectures. The photorefractive effect is an optical nonlinearity that allows two or more …

In this paper we review four photorefractive devices which have been investigated and
further developed in our laboratories. We discuss the fundamental behavior of a …

The chief requirements for useful photorefractive materials are high sensitivity, high
interaction efficiency, high material quality, and high speed (in the case of real-time …

After a rapid presentation of generally quoted figures of merit of photorefractive materials, we
show that these figures of merit do not allow us to select abest material'. We illustrate this …

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 …

In June 2009 about 140 researchers from all over the world will meet for three days in Bad
Honnef, Germany, to discuss newest results at the 12th topical meeting “Photorefractive …

The papers collected in this Feature are representative of the theoretical and experimental
results presented at the Second Topical Meeting on Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and …