Abstract
We present a new phase-sweep method for characterizing laser-induced complex dielectric gratings. This characterization requires four parameters: the amplitudes and the spatial phases of both the refractive-index and the absorption components. We apply this phase-sweep method to study a complex polarizability grating in a nominally undoped cubic photorefractive Bi12TiO20 crystal. We determine the polarizability difference afe between a full and an empty photoexcitable deep trap at 633 nm in Bi12TiO20 to be (2.5 - 8.3i ± 1.0 ± 3.3i) × 10-40 F m2 in SI units or (2.3 - 7.5i ± 0.9 ± 3.0i) × 10-24 cm3 in Gaussian units.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 378-380 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1994 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |