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Moving Photorefractive Gratings in Bi12SiO20 and Applications to Phase Conjugation and Optical Signal Processing

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We review the conditions for high gain in wave-mixing experiments, with photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals. These interactions are based on recording a moving interference pattern in the volume of the crystal (“drift” recording mode with an externally applied electric field). This technique has recently resulted in large values of the exponential gain coefficient г = 8 to 12 cm-1 for an optimized grating velocity and grating spacing. Applications to image amplification, laser beam steering, amplified phase conjugation, and self-induced optical cavities are presented.

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  1. Thomson-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Recherches, Domaine de Corbeville, B.P. No. 10, F-91401, Orsay Cedex, France

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  1. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    Peter Günter

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Huignard, J.P. (1987). Moving Photorefractive Gratings in Bi12SiO20 and Applications to Phase Conjugation and Optical Signal Processing. In: Günter, P. (eds) Electro-optic and Photorefractive Materials. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71907-3_23

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