Influence of optical activity on properties of a phase conjugate wave generated in a photorefractive BSO crystal

Author

Sawada, Takayuki ; Ujihara, Kikuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

25

Issue

8

fYear

1989

fDate

8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1937

Lastpage

1946

Abstract

A rigorous method for analyzing the effect of optical activity on a phase conjugate wave (PCW) generated in photorefractive Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ (BSO) is described. Using the method, the PCW intensity and its polarization angle versus the input polarization angle of the probe beam are numerically evaluated for two transverse configurations, with a static electric field generated approximately along the ⟨001⟩ direction or the ⟨11¯0⟩ direction, respectively. Both the observed PCW intensity and its polarization angle are in reasonable agreement with the theory. The result indicates that optical activity has a pronounced influence on the properties of the PCW. The analysis is applicable to any isotropic photorefractive crystal with optical activity

Keywords

bismuth compounds; optical phase conjugation; optical rotation; photorefractive effect; Bi₁₂SiO₂₀; electric field; optical activity; phase conjugate wave; photorefractive BSO crystal; polarization; Geometrical optics; Holographic optical components; Holography; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical diffraction; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.34056

Filename

34056