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Electro-optic and Photorefractive Materials

Proceedings of the International School on Material Science and Technology, Erice, Italy, July 6–17, 1986

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Peter Günter

    1. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Physics (SPPHY, volume 18)

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Table of contents (30 papers)

  1. Photorefractive Effects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Introduction to Photorefractive Materials

      • P. Günter, H. J. Eichler
      Pages 206-228

    3. Theory of Volume Hologram Formation in Photorefractive Crystals

      • L. Solymar
      Pages 229-245

    4. Anisotropic Bragg Diffraction in Photorefractive Crystals

      • E. Voit
      Pages 246-265

    5. Physics of the Photorefractive Effect in BaTiO3

      • M. B. Klein
      Pages 266-282

  2. Nonlinear Optical Applications with Photorefractive Crystals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Introduction to Optical Signal Processing with Photorefractive Materials

      • M. P. Petrov
      Pages 284-290

    3. Optical Oscillators with Photorefractive Gain

      • M. Cronin-Golomb, S.-K. Kwong, A. Yariv
      Pages 291-307

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

      • J. P. Huignard
      Pages 308-322

  3. Contributed Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 323-323
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    2. Polarization Properties of Phase Volume Gratings Recorded in a Bi12SiO20 Crystal for Two Transverse Configurations

      • A. G. Apostolidis
      Pages 324-338

    3. Polarization Properties of Diffraction from Elementary Gratings in Optically Active and Linearly Birefringent Materials

      • A. Marrakchi
      Pages 339-356

    4. Self-induced Changes in the Refractive Index in CdS at λ = 532 nm

      • P. M. Petersen
      Pages 357-361

    5. Self-pulsation and Incoherent Beam Coupling Effects in Self-pumped BaTiO3

      • R. W. Eason, A. M. C. Smout, M. C. Gower
      Pages 362-370

    6. Hysteresis in the Bifurcation Structure of a Nonlinear Optical Device with a Time-Dependent Bifurcation Parameter

      • P. M. Petersen
      Pages 371-376

    7. Two-Dimensional Spatial Light Modulators for High-Resolution TV Applications

      • R. Gerhard-Multhaupt, R. Tepe
      Pages 377-380

    8. Photoinduced TE-TM Mode Conversion in Ti:LiNbO3 Waveguides

      • C. Walther, P. Günter
      Pages 381-384

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 385-388
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About this book

This volume is based on lectures and contributed papers presented at the Eleventh Course of the International School of Materials Science and Tech­ nology that was held in Erice, Sicily, Italy at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture during the period 6-17 July 1986. The subject of the course was "Electro-optic and Photorefractive Materials: Applications in Sig­ nal Processing and Phase Conjugation" . The fields of electro-optics and photorefraction have developed rapidly since the invention of lasers just over twenty-five years ago. The possibil­ of altering the optical properties of a material by electric fields or by ity optical waves is of great importance for both pure science and for practical applications such as optical signal processing, telecommunications and opti­ cal display devices. These effects allow us to manipulate (modulate, deflect) and process a given light wave. Modulation, deflection and processing of light waves by means of the electro-optic effect is of fundamental importance in fiber optic telecommuniC1. tions and sensor systems w here the light signals can be processed prior or subsequent to transmission through the fibers. Thin film electro-optic materials with suitable electrode arrays on· the surface of the wave-guiding structures result in a technology often referred to as inte­ grated optics. In principle, integrated optics devices allow miniaturization and integration of many operations onto a single chip. The photorefractive effect, defined as a photo-induced change of the in­ dices of refraction, was the other topic treated in this course.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland

    Peter Günter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electro-optic and Photorefractive Materials

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International School on Material Science and Technology, Erice, Italy, July 6–17, 1986

  • Editors: Peter Günter

  • Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71907-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-71909-7Published: 17 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-71907-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0930-8989

  • Series E-ISSN: 1867-4941

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 385

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

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