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Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications I

Fundamental Phenomena

Peter Günter, Jean-Pierre Huignard (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XVI, 295 Seiten

2014 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-30927-8 (ISBN)

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This is the first 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 the second volume devoted to this topic. The contributions to these 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.

Jean-Pierre Huignard, PhD, earned the engineer diploma in optical science from Ecole Superieure d'Optique and a doctorate in physical science from Paris-Orsay University. He currently serves as Senior Scientist at Thales. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and received a prize from the French Academy of Sciences.

Photorefractive effects and materials.- Theory of photorefractive effects in electro-optic crystals.- Dynamic holographic gratings and optical activity in photorefractive crystals.- Photorefractive centers in electro-optic crystals.- Photorefractive measurements of physical parameters.- Photorefractive properties of BaTiO3.- The photorefractive effect in semiconductors.- Nonstationary holographic recording for efficient amplification and phase conjugation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.8.2014
Reihe/Serie	Topics in Applied Physics
Mitarbeit	Assistent: A.M. Glass, P. Günter, J.-P. Huignard, M.B. Klein, E. Krätzig, N.V. Kukhtarev, J.F. Lam, R.A. Mullen, M.P. Petrov, O.F. Schirmer, S.I. Stepanov, J. Strait, G.C. Valley
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 295 p. 17 illus.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	475 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Schlagworte	Crystal • optical devices • semiconductor
ISBN-10	3-662-30927-0 / 3662309270
ISBN-13	978-3-662-30927-8 / 9783662309278
Zustand	Neuware