Dynamic response of the electro-optic effect in epitaxial KNbO3

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2707-2709

  Hoerman, B H ^a   Nichols, B M ^a   Nystrom, M J ^a,b   Wessels, B W ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Candescent Technologies Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0001600019     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125123     Document Type: Article

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