Landmark Papers on Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics

619 Pages·1995·93.532 MB·English

by  Pochi Yeh, Claire Gu (Eds.)

LANDMARK PAPERS ON
PH OTO REFRACTIVE
NO LINE R OPTIC
Editors
Pochi Yeh
University of California, Santa Barbara
Claire Gu
The Pennsylvania State Univ.
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Landmark papers on photorefractive nonlinear optics I editors, Pochi Yeh, Claire Gu.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 981021443X
1. Nonlinear optics. 2. Nonlinear optics --Industrial applications. 3. Photorefractive materials.
I. Yeh, Pochi, 1948- II. Gu, Claire.
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Part I. Fundamental Photorefractive Phenomena
A. M. Glass, "The Photorefractive Effect," Opt. Eng. 17,
470 (1978) 11
G. C. Valley and M. B. Klein, "Optimal Properties of
Photorefractive Materials for Optical Data Processing,"
Opt. Eng. 22, 704 (1983) 21
A. Ashkin, G.D. Boyd, J.M. Dziedzic, R. G. Smith,
A. A. Ballman, J. J. Levinstein, and K. Nassau,
"Optically-Induced Refractive Index Imhomogeneities
in LiNb03 and LiTa03," Appl. Phys. Lett. 9, 72 (1966) 29
F. S. Chen, J. T. LaMacchia, and D. B. Fraser, "Holographic
Storage in Lithium Niobate," Appl. Phys. Lett. 13,
223 (1968) 33
N. V. Kukhtarev, V. B. Markov, S. G. Odulov, M. S. Soskin,
and V. L. Vinetskii, "Holographic Storage in Electro-Optic
Crystals. I. Steady State," Ferroelectrics 22, 949 (1979) 37
N. V. Kukhtarev, V. B. Markov, S. G. Odulov, M. S. Soskin,
and V. L. Vinetskii, "Holographic Storage in Electro-Optic
Crystals. IL Beam Coupling and Light Amplification,"
Ferroelectrics 22, 961 (1979) 49
V. L. Vinetskii, N. V. Kukhtarev, S. G. Odulov, and
M. S. Soskin, "Dynamic Self-Diffraction of Coherent
Light Beams,'' Sov. Phys. Usp. 742 (1979) 53
J. Feinberg, D. Heiman, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., and R. W. Hellwarth,
"Photorefractive Effects and Light-Induced Charge Migration in
Barium Titanate," J. Appl. Phys. 51, 1297 (1980) 69
V. V. Voronov, I. R. Dorosh, Yu. S. Kuz'minov, and
N. V. Tkachenko, "Photoinduced Light Scattering in
Cerium-Doped Barium Strontium Niobate Crystals,"
Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 10, 1346 (1980) 79
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L. K. Lam, T. Y. Chang, J. Feinberg, and R. W. Hellwarth,
"Photorefractive-Index Gratings Formed by Nanosecond Optical
Pulses in BaTi03," Opt. Lett. 6, 475 (1981) 83
P. Yeh, "Fundamental Limit of the Speed of Photorefractive
Effect and its Impact on Device Applications and Material
Research,'' Appl. Opt. 26, 602 (1987) 87
C. Gu and P. Yeh, "Scattering Due to Randomly Distributed
Charge Particles in Photorefractive Crystals,'' Opt. Lett.
16, 1572 (1991) 91
Part H. Two-Wave Mixing
P. Yeh, "Two-Wave Mixing in Nonlinear Media,'' IEEE J.
Quantum Electron. 25, 484" (1989) 97
H. Kogelnik, "Coupled Wave Theory for Thick Hologram Gratings,''
Bell Syst. Tech. J. 48, 2909 (1969) 133
D. L. Staebler and J. J. Amodei, "Coupled-Wave Analysis of
Holographic Storage in LiNb03,'' J. Appl. Phys. 34,
1042 (1972) 173
D. L. Staebler and J. J. Amodei, "Thermally Fixed Holograms
in LiNb03,'' Ferroelectrics 3, 107 (1972) 181
D. W. Vahey, "A Nonlinear Coupled-Wave Th~ory of Holographic
Storage in Ferroelectric Materials,'' J. Appl. Phys. 46, 3510 (1975) 189
J.P. Huignard and A. Marrakchi, "Two-Wave Mixing and Energy
Transfer in Bi12Si020 Crystals: Application to Image
Amplification and Vibration Analysis," Opt. Lett.
622 (1981) 195
P. Yeh, "Contra-Directional Two-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive
Media,'' Opt. Comm. 45, 323 (1983) 199
G. C. Valley, "Two-Wave Mixing with an Applied Field and a
Moving Grating,'' J. Opt. Soc. Am. Bl, 868 (1984) 203
Ph. Refregier, L. Solymer, H. Rajbenbach, and J. P. Huignard,
"Two-Beam Coupling in Photorefractive Bi12Si020 Crystals
with Moving Gratings: Theory and Experiments,'' J. Appl. Phys.
58, 45 (1985) 209
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J.M. Heaton and L. Solymar, "Transient Energy Transfer During
Hologram Formation in Photorefractive Crystals," Optica Acta
32, 397 (1985) 223
Part HI. Four-Wave Mixing
M. Cronin-Golomb, J. 0. White, B. Fischer, and A. Yariv, "Exact
Solution of a Nonlinear Model of Four-Wave Mixing and Phase
Conjugation," Opt. Lett. 7, 313 (1982) 237
M. Cronin-Golomb, B. Fischer, J. 0. White, and A. Yariv, "Theory
and Applications of Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Media,"
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-20, 12 (1984) 241
N. V. Kukhtarev, T. I. Semenets, K. H. Ringhofer, and G. Tomberger,
"Phase Conjugation by Reflection Gratings in Electro-Optic Crystals,"
Appl. Phys. B41, 259 (1986) 261
A. Bledowski and W. Krolikowski, "Exact Solution of Degenerate
Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Media," Opt. Lett.
13, 146 (1988) 267
R. Saxena, C. Gu, and P. Yeh, "Properties of Photorefractive
Gratings with Complex Coupling Constants," J. Opt. Soc. Am.
B8, 1047 (1991) 271
C. Gu and P. Yeh, "Reciprocity in Photorefractive Wave Mixing,"
Opt. Lett. 16, 455 (1991) 277
P. Stojkov and M. Belie, "Symmetries of Photorefractive
Four-Wave Mixing," Phys. Rev. A45, 5061 (1992) 281
Part Phase Conjugato:rs and Resonators
P. Yeh, "Photorefractive Phase Conjugators," Proc. IEEE
80, 436 (1992) 287
B. Ya. Zel'dovich, V. I. Popovichev, V. V. Ragul'skii, and
F. S. Faizullov, "Connection Between the Wave Fronts of
the Reflected and Exciting Light in Stimulated
Mandel'shtam-Brillouin Scattering," ZhETF Pis. Red.
15, 160 (1972) 303
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J. Feinberg and R. W. Hellwarth, "Phase-Conjugating Mirror
with Continuous-Wave Gain,'' Opt. Lett. 5, 519 (1980) 307
J. 0. White, M. Cronin-Golomb, B. Fischer, and A. Yariv,
"Coherent Oscillation by Self-Induced Gratings in the
Photorefractive Crystal BaTi03," Appl. Phys. Lett.
40, 450 (1982) 311
J. Feinberg, "Self-Pumped, Continuous-Wave Phase Conjugator
Using Internal Reflection,'' Opt. Lett. 7, 486 (1982) 315
P. Yeh, "Theory of Unidirectional Photorefractive Ring
Oscillators,'' J. Opt. Soc. Am. B2, 1924 (1985) 319
T. Y. Chang and R. W. Hellwarth, "Optical Phase Conjugation
by Backscattering in Barium Titanate,'' Opt. Lett.
10, 408 (1985) 325
S. Weiss, S. Sternklar, and B. Fischer, "Double Phase-Conjugate
Mirror: Analysis, Demonstration, and Applications,"
Opt. Lett. 12, 114 (1987) 329
R. W. Eason and A. M. C. Smout, "Bistability and Noncommutative
Behavior of Multiple-Beam Self-Pulsing and Self-Pumping in
BaTi03," Opt. Lett. 11, 51 (1987) 333
A. M. C. Smout and R. W. Eason, "Analysis of Mutually
Incoherent Beam Coupling in BaTi03" Opt. Lett.
12, 498 (1987) 337
M. D. Ewbank, "Mechanism for Photorefractive Phase Conjugation
Using Mutually Incoherent Beams," Opt. Lett. 13, 47 (1988) 341
P. Yeh, T. Y. Chang, and M. D. Ewbank, "Model for Mutually
Pumped Phased Conjugation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B5,
1743 {1988) 345
Q.-C. He, "Theory of Photorefractive Phase Conjugators with
Mutually Incoherent Beams,'' IEEE J. Quantum Electron.
24, 2507 (1988) 353
V. V. Eliseev, V. T. Tikhonchuk, and A. A. Zozulya, "Double
Phase-Conjugate Mirror: Two-Dimensional Analysis,''
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B8, 2497 (1991) 361
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Part V. Materials (Growth and Physics)
A. M. Glass, D. von der Linde, and T. J. Negran, "High-Voltage
Bulk Photovoltaic Effect and the Photorefractive Process
in LiNb03," Appl. Phys. Lett. 25, 233 (1974) 371
P. Gunter, U. Fliickiger, J. P. Huignard, and F. Micheron,
"Optically Induced Refractive Index Changes in
KNb03:Fe,'' Ferroelectrics 13, 297 (1976) 375
G. C. Valley, "Erase Rates in Photorefractive Materials with
Two Photoactive Species,'' Appl. Opt. 22, 3160 (1983) 379
M. B. Klein, "Beam Coupling in Undoped GaAs at 1.06 µm
Using the Photorefractive Effect,'' Opt. Lett. 9, 350 (1984) 385
M. B. Klein and R. N. Schwartz, "Photorefractive Effect in
BaTi03: Microscopic Origins,'' J. Opt. Soc. Am. B3, 293 (1986) 389
F. P. Strohkendl, J.M. C. Jonathan, and R. W. Hellwarth,
"Hole-Electron Competition in Photorefractive Gratings,''
Opt. Lett. 11, 312 (1986) 403
M. D. Ewbank, R.R. Neurgaonkar, W. K. Cory, and J. Feinberg,
"Photorefractive Properties of Strontium-Barium Niobate,''
J. Appl. Phys. 62, 374 (1987) 407
H. Rajbenbach, A. Delboulbe, and J. P. Huignard, "Noise
Suppression in Photorefractive Image Amplifiers,''
Opt. Lett. 14, 1275 (1989) 415
C. Gu and P. Yeh, "Diffraction Properties of Fixed
Gratings in Photorefractive Media,'' J. Opt. Soc. Am.
B7, 2339 (1990) 419
S. Ducharme, J.C. Scott, R. J. Twieg, and W. E. Moerner,
"Observation of the Photorefractive Effect in a Polymer,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1846 (1991) 427
M. H. Garrett, J. Y. Chang, H.P. Jenssen, and C. Warde,
"High Photorefractive Sensitivity in an n-Type 45°-cut
BaTi03 Crystal,'' Opt. Lett. 17, 103 (1992) 431
M. C. J. M. Donckers, S. M. Silence, C. A. Walsh, F. Hache,
D. M. Burland, W. E. Moerner, and R. J. Twieg, "Net
Two-Beam-Coupling Gain in a Polymeric Photorefractive
Material," Opt. Lett. 18, 1044 (1993) 435
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