Doppler-enhanced self-diffraction in two-beam coupling experiments with sillenite crystals
exhibits pronounced optical polarization effects due to the concomitant presence of natural …

The polarization properties of diffraction from volume phase gratings in photorefractive
sillenite crystals such as bismuth silicon oxide (Bi_12SiO_20), bismuth germanium oxide …

In this paper we propose that competition between multiple gratings for charge carriers in
degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) is responsible for the following experimentally …

Abstract Bismuth silicon oxide (Bi 12 SiO 20) crystals can be utilized in the transverse
electrooptic configuration for several optical device applications, including spatial light …

We study two-beam interaction in photorefractive sillenite crystals in reflection geometry and
derive analytic expressions for the signal gain and its polarization direction in the presence …

Simple formulae for the two-wave mixing (TWM) gain and diffraction efficiency obtained in
the approximation of weak coupling and strong optical activity allow us to tune the …

We review the conditions of high gain in wave-mixing experiments with photorefractive Bit
2Si020 crystals. These interactions are based on the recording of a moving interference …

The Doppler-enhanced self-diffraction configuration in photorefractive bismuth silicon oxide
crystals is used to perform incoherent-to-coherent optical conversion of two-dimensional …

The intricate polarization properties of Doppler‐enhanced self‐diffraction in linearly
birefringent and optically active materials, such as bismuth silicon oxide crystals, are utilized …

Large values of the exponential gain coefficient Γ are obtained (Γ≂ 8–12 cm− 1) when
recording with a moving grating in photorefractive BSO crystals (nearly degenerate two …