Time-resolved buildup of a photorefractive grating induced in Bi12SiO20 by picosecond light pulses

Jean-Michel Jonathan (1) , Gérald Roosen (1) , Philippe Roussignol (2)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Manolia
2 OPQ - Laboratoire d'optique quantique

Photorefractive gratings are induced with picosecond light pulses in a BSO crystal. Both experiment and calculations show a buildup of the effect governed by a diffusion of the excited charge carriers that occurs after illumination.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Jean-Michel Jonathan, Gérald Roosen, Philippe Roussignol. Time-resolved buildup of a photorefractive grating induced in Bi12SiO20 by picosecond light pulses. Optics Letters, 1988, 13 (3), pp.224-226. ⟨10.1364/OL.13.000224⟩. ⟨hal-00877677⟩