Giant momentary readout produced by switching electric fields during two-wave mixing in sillenites

We show theoretically and experimentally that switching an applied square-wave field produces strong and short pulses of the outgoing signal during two-wave mixing in sillenite crystals. These pulses originate from the strong effect of the field on the optical eigenmodes and can be used in new optic...

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Published in:Optics letters 1998-09, Vol.23 (18), p.1435-1437
Main Authors: Shamonina, E, Ringhofer, K H, Sturman, B I, Kamenov, V P, Cedilnik, G, Esselbach, M, Kiessling, A, Kowarschik, R, Kamshilin, A A, Prokofiev, V V, Jaaskelainen, T
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Language:English
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Summary:We show theoretically and experimentally that switching an applied square-wave field produces strong and short pulses of the outgoing signal during two-wave mixing in sillenite crystals. These pulses originate from the strong effect of the field on the optical eigenmodes and can be used in new optical schemes based on time-separated recording and readout processes.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.23.001435