Observation of higher-order diffraction components in degenerate four-wave mixing experiments in Bi ₁₂ GeO ₂₀ crystals

9 July 1981

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 17 (14) , 488-489
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19810339

Abstract

Higher-order diffraction components have been observed from the phase volume grating formed in photorefractive crystals Bi₁₂GeO₂₀ via degenerate four-wave mixing. Brief explanations based on the conventional grating theory and the dynamic theory of volume holography are given.

Keywords

PHASE CONJUGATE WAVEFRONT GENERATION
HIGHER-ORDER DIFFRACTION COMPONENTS
PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS
VOLUME HOLOGRAPHY
BI12GEO20 CRYSTALS
PHASE VOLUME GRATING
OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION
DEGENERATE FOUR-WAVE MIXING EXPERIMENTS

Observation of higher-order diffraction components in degenerate four-wave mixing experiments in Bi 12 GeO 20 crystals

Abstract

Keywords

Observation of higher-order diffraction components in degenerate four-wave mixing experiments in Bi ₁₂ GeO ₂₀ crystals