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Introduction to Photorefractive Materials

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Electro-optic and Photorefractive Materials

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Abstract

This paper gives an introduction to the photorefractive effect. The relevant physical properties of photorefractive materials in applications such as optical storage and signal processing, two- and four-wave mixing and dynamic holography are reviewed. It is shown that materials which show both large electrooptic effects and large photoconductivity, as e.g. KNbO3:Fe2+, are best suited for applications in real-time optical processing.

This contribution is an updated version of material from: H.J. Eichler, P. Günter, D.W. Phol in “Laser-induced dynamic gratings”, Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Vol. 50 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1986)

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Günter, P., Eichler, H.J. (1987). Introduction to Photorefractive Materials. 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_17

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