Optical focusing deep inside dynamic scattering media with near-infrared time-reversed ultrasonically encoded (TRUE) light

Y Liu, P Lai, C Ma, X Xu, AA Grabar, LV Wang - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Focusing light deep inside living tissue has not been achieved despite its promise to play a
central role in biomedical imaging, optical manipulation and therapy. To address this …

Photorefractive acousto-optic imaging in thick scattering media at 790 nm with a Sn2P2S6:Te crystal

S Farahi, G Montemezzani, AA Grabar, JP Huignard… - Optics letters, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Acousto-optic imaging is based on ultrasound modulation of multiply scattered light in thick
media. We experimentally demonstrate the possibility to perform a self-adaptive wavefront …

Slowdown of nanosecond light pulses with photorefractive two-wave mixing

N Bouldja, M Tsyhyka, A Grabar, M Sciamanna… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
In the demonstrations of slow light in photorefractive (PR) materials, the delays are only
reported for long pulse durations (ms to s) that are in discrepancy with typical ns-pulse …

[HTML][HTML] Dual role of Te ions as electron traps and hole traps in ferroelectric Sn2P2S6 crystals

TD Gustafson, EM Scherrer, NC Giles, M Rumi… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Tin hypothiodiphosphate (Sn 2 P 2 S 6) is a ferroelectric semiconductor with electro-optic
and photorefractive relevance. The lattice contains Sn 2+ ions and (P 2 S 6) 4− anionic …

Improved slow light performances using photorefractive two-wave mixing

N Bouldja, M Sciamanna, D Wolfersberger - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally observe an ultralow effective group velocity of 0.9 cm/s of light pulses
using the two-wave mixing process in an Sn_2P_2S_6 (SPS): Te crystal at a visible …

Ultrafast acousto-optic imaging with ultrasonic plane waves

JB Laudereau, AA Grabar, M Tanter, JL Gennisson… - Optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Due to multiple light scattering inside biological tissues, deep non-invasive optical medical
imaging is very challenging. Acousto-optic imaging is a technique coupling ultrasound and …

[HTML][HTML] Sn vacancies in photorefractive Sn2P2S6 crystals: An electron paramagnetic resonance study of an optically active hole trap

EM Golden, SA Basun, DR Evans, AA Grabar… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) is used to identify the singly ionized charge state of
the Sn vacancy (⁠ V Sn−⁠) in single crystals of Sn 2 P 2 S 6 (often referred to as SPS) …

Time resolved three-dimensional acousto-optic imaging of thick scattering media

S Farahi, E Benoit, AA Grabar, JP Huignard, F Ramaz - Optics letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Acousto-optic imaging is based on light interaction with focused ultrasound in a scattering
medium. Thanks to photorefractive holography combined with pulsed ultrasound, we …

Photorefractive Effect: Principles, Materials, and Near‐Infrared Holography

V Marinova, S Huei Lin, R Chung Liu… - Wiley Encyclopedia of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The article consists of two main parts: the first one contains a short summary of the
photorefractive effect, discussing the phenomena and the main aspects related to practical …

Multi‐modal acousto‐optic/ultrasound imaging of ex vivo liver tumors at 790 nm using a Sn2P2S6 wavefront adaptive holographic setup

JB Laudereau, EB à La Guillaume… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biological tissues are very strong light‐scattering media. As a consequence, current medical
imaging devices do not allow deep optical imaging unless invasive techniques are used …