Ebook: Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications I: Fundamental Phenomena

This is the first of two volumes that review, for the first time, all major aspects of photorefractive effects and their applications. Photorefractive effects in electro-optic crystals are based on optically induced space-charge fields which ultimately alter the refractive indices by the electro-optic Pockels effect. The fundamental phenomena leading to photoinduced changes of refractive index, the materials requirements and experimental results on a variety of photorefractive materials are discussed and the most recent theoretical models describing these phenomena are presented. Interest in photorefractive materials has increased in recent years mainly because of their potential for nonlinear optical devices and for optical signals processing applications. Most of these applications are reviewed in the second volume devoted to this topic. The contributions to these two volumes are written by experts on each topic and are intended for scientists and engineers active in the field and for researchers and graduate students entering the field. Over 300 references to original papers on photorefractive and associated phenomena are cited.

---

This is the first of two volumes that review, for the first time, all major aspects of photorefractive effects and their applications. Photorefractive effects in electro-optic crystals are based on optically induced space-charge fields which ultimately alter the refractive indices by the electro-optic Pockels effect. The fundamental phenomena leading to photoinduced changes of refractive index, the materials requirements and experimental results on a variety of photorefractive materials are discussed and the most recent theoretical models describing these phenomena are presented. Interest in photorefractive materials has increased in recent years mainly because of their potential for nonlinear optical devices and for optical signals processing applications. Most of these applications are reviewed in the second volume devoted to this topic. The contributions to these two volumes are written by experts on each topic and are intended for scientists and engineers active in the field and for researchers and graduate students entering the field. Over 300 references to original papers on photorefractive and associated phenomena are cited.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Photorefractive effects and materials....Pages 7-73
Theory of photorefractive effects in electro-optic crystals....Pages 75-98
Dynamic holographic gratings and optical activity in photorefractive crystals....Pages 99-129
Photorefractive centers in electro-optic crystals....Pages 131-166
Photorefractive measurements of physical parameters....Pages 167-194
Photorefractive properties of BaTiO3 ....Pages 195-236
The photorefractive effect in semiconductors....Pages 237-262
Nonstationary holographic recording for efficient amplification and phase conjugation....Pages 263-289
Back Matter....Pages -