Acta Optica Sinica

Optical interferometry using degenerate two-wave mixing with photorefractive crystal LiNbO_3:Fe

Qiuyu Shang

Published Jan 1, 1991• 0 citations

Abstract

Dynamic characteristics of degenerate two-ware mixing (TWM) in photorefra-otive media are theoritically analyzed. The applied principle of TWM in realtime interferometry is disscussed with deduced formula. The optical arrangement for experiment by using LiNbO3:Fe crystal is presented. Some experimental results are given.

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