Abstract
The effect of an applied dc electric field on beam-polarization properties of degenerate four-wave mixing in GaAs is investigated. The results can be interpreted in terms of the phase retardation arising from the applied electric field and the light-induced periodic space-charge field. The conditions for attaining a cross-polarized diffracted beam and read beam are discussed. The experimental results agree reasonably well with the theoretical calculations for an applied voltage of 6 kV.
© 1989 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
A. Erdmann, R. Kowarschik, and L. Wenke
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6(10) 1845-1850 (1989)
M. B. Klein, S. W. McCahon, T. F. Boggess, and G. C. Valley
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 5(12) 2467-2472 (1988)
Wayne R. Tompkin, Michelle S. Malcuit, Robert W. Boyd, and John E. Sipe
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6(4) 757-760 (1989)