DocumentCode
834076
Title
Photorefractive oscillators
Author
Fischer, Baruch ; Sternklar, Shmuel ; Weiss, Shimon
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Volume
25
Issue
3
fYear
1989
fDate
3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
550
Lastpage
569
Abstract
Recent developments, both theoretical and experimental, involving the nonlinear interactions of light in photorefractive crystals are reviewed. When pumped by light beams in various configurations, certain crystals, such as barium titanate (BaTiO/sub 3/), respond with the self-build up of gratings in the crystal and formation of new light beams. The emphasis here is on these devices, known as photorefractive oscillators, the mutual light-crystal interactions which govern their operation, and all-optical applications which are based on these oscillators.<>
Keywords
barium compounds; diffraction gratings; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; photorefractive effect; BaTiO/sub 3/; gratings; light beams; mutual light-crystal interactions; photorefractive crystals; photorefractive oscillators; Fiber nonlinear optics; Holographic optical components; Holography; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Photorefractive effect;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.18568
Filename
18568
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