Design of Photorefractive Waveplates Using Stokes Parameters

摘要

Photorefractive crystals of sillenite family like, Bi_2SiO_(20)/Bi_2TiO_(20) exhibit interesting polarization properties whenever a wave propagates through it or two beams interfere inside. We report one such photorefractive waveplate design using Stokes parameter analysis by propagating a laser beam through a photorefractive Bi_2SiO_(20) (Bismuth Silicon Oxide). Detailed theoretical analysis using Stokes parameters is reported for designing photorefractive waveplates.