We report the first observation of the photorefractive effect in a def
ect chalcopyrite semiconductor CdGa2Se4. At 633 nm wavelength, the pho
torefractive two-beam coupling gain was measured for 0.62 mum grating
period with rotating the crystal around the nearly [110] axis for both
the s-polarised signal and pump beams and the p-polarized beams. The
maximum gain 0.88 cm-1 for the rotation angle was obtained when the gr
ating wave vector was oriented to the [001] axis for the s-polarized b
eams.