The influence of self-diffraction on two-wave mixing for counterpropagating geometry

Two-wave mixing in sillenite crystals such as bismuth silicon oxide (Bi12SiO20) and bismuth titanium oxide (Bi12TiO20) of (001)- and (221)-cuts for counterpropagating geometry was studied within the frame of slowly varying amplitude approximation. Electrooptic, photoelastic, piezoelectric, self-diffraction effects and optical activity were taken into account.© (2005) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.