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Optimum orientation of volume phase gratings in sillenite crystals: is it always [111]?

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We study the simultaneous influence of optical activity, piezoelectric effect, and elasto-optic effect on two-wave mixing (TWM) under diffusion recording in photorefractive Bi12TiO20 and Bi12SiO20 crystals and find numerically the maximum of the TWM gain as a function of the orientation of the grating vector. Contrary to widespread belief, the grating orientation K[111] is the optimum orientation only if optical activity is negligibly small. Nonzero optical activity results in a strong dependence of the optimum grating orientation on the crystal thickness. The strongest deviation of the optimum from the [111] direction is achieved for ϱd=180°, where ϱ is the rotatory power and d is the crystal thickness. Our theory explains well prior results for crystals of moderate thickness and predicts new effects for thick (e.g., fiberlike) crystals.

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