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We report the first observation, to our knowledge, of amplified scatte
ring (beam fanning) in a photorefractive polymer. The manifestations o
f beam fanning and the implications for two-beam coupling measurements
are investigated experimentally, and optimal geometries for observing
or avoiding fanning are presented. (C) 1998 Optical Society of Americ
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