Title :
Electroholographic switching devices and applications
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Electroholography (EH) is a wavelength selective optical switching method based on governing of the reconstruction process of volume holograms by means of an externally applied electric field. EH is based on the voltage controlled photorefractive effect at the paraelectric phase. The basic switching device is a space charge Bragg grating or a volume hologram stored in a volume of a paraelectric crystal by the photorefractive process.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; birefringence; dielectric materials; electro-optical switches; holographic gratings; space charge; basic switching device; electroholography; electrooptic effect; externally applied electric field; paraelectric crystal; paraelectric phase; photorefractive process; reconstruction process; space charge Bragg grating; volume hologram; volume holograms; wavelength selective optical switching method; Atom optics; Gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Magnetometers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Physics; Space charge; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033399
