Photorefractive effect in BaTiO/sub 3/ at 1.5 /spl mu/m by two-photon absorption

Author

Horowitz, Mark ; Fischer, Bernd ; Barad, Y. ; Silberberg, Yaron

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

480

Lastpage

481

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report on the first observation, to our knowledge, of the photorefractive effect in BaTiO/sub 3/ at 1.5 /spl mu/m using ultrashort, intense pulses. This effect can be important for applications in optical communication. BaTiO/sub 3/ is one of the most important photorefractive materials due to its large electrooptic coefficient. Attempts have been made to extend the spectral response of BaTiO/sub 3/. In this work we show that two photon absorption (TPA) can be used to extend the spectral range of the photorefractive effect to the 1.5-/spl mu/m regime.

Keywords

barium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; optical fibre communication; photorefractive materials; two-photon spectra; 1.5 mum; BaTiO/sub 3/; large electrooptic coefficient; optical communication; photorefractive effect; photorefractive materials; spectral range; spectral response; two photon absorption; two-photon absorption; ultrashort intense pulses; Absorption; Energy states; Impurities; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystals; Photorefractive effect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864955