New nonphotorefractive mechanism for two-beam coupling in a crystallographic-cut photorefractive crystal

G. Khitrova, D. Rouède, N. V. Kukhtarev, H. M. Gibbs

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Abstract

An unexpected two-beam coupling energy exchange has been observed in Bi12SiO20 without normal (electro-optic) photorefractive effects, using circularly polarized light and a frequency shift of a few hertz or using nonparallel linearly polarized light and no frequency shift. Two-beam coupling based on a photoinduced optical-activity phase grating explains this behavior.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1110-1113
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume62
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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