A photorefractive polymer based on poly(N-vinylcarbazole) photoconductive p
olymer was improved by use of plasticizer mixture of N-ethylcrbazole and 1,
3-biscarbazolylpropane. The modified photorefractive polymer was applied to
the nonlinear materials for a matched-filter four-wave-mixing optical corr
elator. The operation of image correlation was demonstrated with the 10:1 o
f signal-to-noise ratio.