Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications II

Survey of Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-3-662-31244-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 62, 369 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Reihe: Topics in Applied Physics

This is the second 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 this volume. The contributions to the 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. Volume 1 appeared as Volume 61 of Topics in Applied Physics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Günter, Peter

Huignard, Jean-Pierre

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Amplification, oscillation, and light-induced scattering in photorefractive crystals.- Photorefractive effects in waveguides.- Wave propagation in photorefractive media.- Phase-conjugate mirrors and resonators with photorefractive materials.- Optical processing using wave mixing in photorefractive crystals.- The photorefractive incoherent-to-coherent optical converter.- Photorefractive crystals in PRIZ spatial light modulators.