Diffraction property of photorefractive volume grating in Ce: KNSBN For ordinarily polarized reading beam

The diffraction efficiency of volume grating written by two wave mixing in Ce:KNSBN photorefractive crystal versus the writing beam ratio for ordinarily polarized reading beam is experimentally studied. The result is different from that for the extraordinarily polarized reading beam. Then the modified coupled-wave theory is used to fit the experimental data. The theoretical results are coincident with the experimental data quite well. This research gives a significant support to the applications of Ce:KNSBN crystal in holographic recording and optical information processing.