MECHANISM OF SELF-ORGANIZED LIGHT-INDUCED SCATTERING IN PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM-NIOBATE

Authors
STURMAN B AGUILAR M AGULLOLOPEZ F PRUNERI V KAZANSKY PG HANNA DC
Citation
B. Sturman et al., MECHANISM OF SELF-ORGANIZED LIGHT-INDUCED SCATTERING IN PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM-NIOBATE, Applied physics letters, 69(10), 1996, pp. 1349-1351
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
69
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1349 - 1351
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1996)69:10<1349:MOSLSI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
It is shown that the photorefractive grating produced by a pair of pla ne waves in periodically poled lithium niobate includes an additional set of spatial harmonics related to the periodic domain structure. Thi s results in new schemes for photorefractive wave coupling. Using the modified phase matching conditions and the concept of optical oscillat ion we accurately describe the position of the diffraction peaks and e xplain the main characteristics of self-organized photoinduced scatter ing reported recently. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.