Abstract

We characterize the performance of photorefractive Sr_0.6Ba_0.4Nb₂O₆ under an externally applied voltage. We compared the field dependences of the gain coefficient, response time, sensitivity, and diffraction efficiency with predictions of Kukhtarev’s solution [ Sov. Tech. Phys. Lett. 2, 438 ( 1976)] for two-wave interaction, using material parameters obtained at zero voltage. Plane-wave holograms were superimposed in the crystal with angular multiplexing. The hologram capacity (or minimum diffraction efficiency) increased by an order of magnitude with a 15-kV/cm applied field.

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