Writing saturated holograms in LiNbO3 crystals through phase control and double diffraction

dc.contributor.authorFreschi, A. A.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-18T15:52:58Z
dc.date.available2015-03-18T15:52:58Z
dc.date.issued2010-05-01
dc.description.abstractThe usual phase-controlled two-beam coupling with heavily doped LiNbO3 crystals leads to the generation of periodic states, characterized by unitary diffraction efficiencies and strong phase oscillations. The maximum refractive index modulation that can be achieved is, therefore, limited by the properties of the feedback system rather than by the crystal parameters. This work presents a method for crossing over the regions of periodic states in order to record photorefractive gratings with saturated refractive index modulations. The method uses the optical anisotropy of LiNbO3 crystals to write both ordinary and extraordinary gratings. Each grating is associated with one eigenmode that can be read out separately by using simple polarizing optics. Because the refractive index modulations for the two eigenmodes depend on different electro-optic coefficients, the unitary diffraction efficiencies are not reached simultaneously for both gratings. This allows for switching the grating used to control the feedback loop so as to cross over the regions of periodic states and to continue the holographic recording process. The method is illustrated for a copper-doped LiNbO3 sample and the values of the saturated refractive index modulations are computed.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista UNESP, IGCE, Dept Fis, BR-13500970 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista UNESP, IGCE, Dept Fis, BR-13500970 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.format.extent487-491
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3894-0
dc.identifier.citationApplied Physics B-lasers And Optics. New York: Springer, v. 99, n. 3, p. 487-491, 2010.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00340-009-3894-0
dc.identifier.issn0946-2171
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/116258
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000277625900016
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Physics B-lasers And Optics
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.881
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,740
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dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.titleWriting saturated holograms in LiNbO3 crystals through phase control and double diffractionen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dcterms.rightsHolderSpringer
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1494-0063[1]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas, Rio Claropt

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