Picosecond photorefractive diffraction in CdTe at 1 μm

Using a ps-transient grating technique the contribution of the ps-photorefractive effect to the first-order probe-beam diffraction signal has been studied in CdTe at 1 μm investigating diffraction kinetics at different sample orientations in the thin grating regime. A fast photorefractive grating formation time during the pump pulses and a characteristic decay time of 600 ps, shorter than the free-carrier lifetime, have been observed.