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Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications I

Fundamental Phenomena

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  1. Peter Günter
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  2. Jean-Pierre Huignard
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Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics (TAP, volume 61)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Günter, Jean-Pierre Huignard
    Pages 1-5

  3. Photorefractive effects and materials

    • Peter Günter, Jean-Pierre Huignard
    Pages 7-73

  4. Theory of photorefractive effects in electro-optic crystals

    • George C. Valley, Juan F. Lam
    Pages 75-98

  6. Photorefractive centers in electro-optic crystals

    • Eckhard Krätzig, Ortwin F. Schirmer
    Pages 131-166

  8. Photorefractive properties of BaTiO3

    • Marvin B. Klein
    Pages 195-236

  9. The photorefractive effect in semiconductors

    • Alastair M. Glass, Jefferson Strait
    Pages 237-262

  11. Back Matter

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About this book

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.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications I

  • Book Subtitle: Fundamental Phenomena

  • Editors: Peter Günter, Jean-Pierre Huignard

  • Series Title: Topics in Applied Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18332-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-30927-8Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-47881-2Published: 01 July 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0303-4216

  • Series E-ISSN: 1437-0859

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 295

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Quantum Optics

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