CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTOREFRACTIVE CDTE-V - HIGH 2-WAVE MIXING GAIN WITH AN OPTIMUM LOW-FREQUENCY PERIODIC EXTERNAL ELECTRIC-FIELD

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MOISAN, JY [1 ]
WOLFFER, N [1 ]
MOINE, O [1 ]
GRAVEY, P [1 ]
MARTEL, G [1 ]
AOUDIA, A [1 ]
REPKA, E [1 ]
MARFAING, Y [1 ]
TRIBOULET, R [1 ]
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[1] CNRS,LAB PHYS SOLIDES BELLEVUE,F-92195 MEUDON,FRANCE
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10.1364/JOSAB.11.001655
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We present two-wave mixing results obtained with CdTe:V photorefractive crystals under an external dc or low-frequency square-shaped periodic electric field. The majority photorefractive carriers are holes at 1.32 and 1.54 mum, whereas electrons dominate slightly at 1.048 mum. At this wavelength an intensity-dependent resonant gain enhancement is observed in the presence of a dc field. The effective trap densities are near 10(15) cm-3. The highest gains (to as high as 11 cm-1 for a field amplitude of 15 kV/cm at 1.32 mum) are obtained with a square-shaped periodic field at an optimum frequency F0. The dependence of F0 on the different experimental parameters is presented. A two-level model in which the secondary level has a thermal emission rate much larger than the principal one qualitatively describes this nonstandard frequency behavior.
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