Resonant two-photon processes for nonvolatile holography in photorefractive crystals under continuous-wave illumination

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2670-2680

  Paraschis, Loukas ^a   Bashaw, Matthew C ^b   Liu, Alice ^b   Hesselink, Lambertus ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHARGE TRANSPORT MODEL; CONTINUOUS WAVE ILLUMINATION; PHOTON IONIZATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; TWO STEP EXCITATION;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031248358     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002670     Document Type: Article

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