The Physics and Applications of Photorefractive Materials

by L. Solymar, D. J. Webb, A. Grunnet-Jepsen

Overview

Photorefractive materials combine photoconductive and electro-optic properties. Nearly 2000 papers have been written about the subject in the last twenty years, and physicists and engineers are interested in the great variety of potential applications. This book summarizes all the advances in this field in a manner that provides both a good introduction for beginning students and a detailed account for more experienced researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198565017
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/31/1996
Series:	Oxford Series in Optical and Imaging Sciences , #11
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.31(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Oxford University

University of Kent

Laboratoire Central de Recherche, Orsay

Table of Contents

Part I. A bird's eye view of photorefractive interactionsGeneral introduction1. Diffraction phenomena by static and dynamic gratings2. How light influences material properties3. How material properties influence lightPart II. Discussion of the physicsGeneral introduction4. A history of the photorefractive effect5. The materials equations6. The field equations for two-wave mixing7. Multi-wave mixing8. Spurious beams9. Six topics in search of a chapterPart III. ApplicationsGeneral introduction10. Image amplification and image processing11. Correlation and associative memories12. n 1213. Other applicationsAppendix A Wave propagation in anisotropic materialsAppendix B The electro-optic effect including the piezo-electric contributionAppendix C Determination of photorefractive parametersBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"The photorefractive effect is an unconventional nonlinear optical phenomenon occurring in materials that are photoconductive, have partially filled charge traps and exhibit a change in their refractive indexes in the presence of an electric field. . . .The subject is mature and the time is right for a thorough and cohesive text like The Physics and Applications of Photorefractive Materials. . . .A valuable text and resource for many novice and experienced scientists and engineers. I learned many new and useful things from it and got a better picture of how the subject developed, both historically and conceptually."—Stephen Ducharme in Physics Today

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