title: Diffraction properties of transmission photorefractive volume gratings in a cerium-doped potassium sodium strontium barium niobate crystal.
abstract: The diffraction efficiency of volume gratings written by two-wave mixing in a cerium-doped potassium sodium strontium barium niobate (Ce:KNSBN) photorefractive crystal is studied. It is found that the diffraction efficiency strongly depends on the polarization of writing beams and exhibits loop behavior with respect to the fringe modulation. The fringe modulations before and behind the crystal are compared. Modified coupled-wave theory is used to fit the experimental data. This research presents data that are relevant to the application of Ce:KNSBN crystals to holographic recording and optical information processing.
authors.affiliation: Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology Lab of the Educational Ministry of China, E. M. C., Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cartwright