Intensity redistribution in a thin photorefractive crystal caused by strong fanning effect and internal reflections

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2536-2543

  Kamshilin, Alexei A ^a   Raita, Erik ^a   Khomenko, A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

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EID: 0002281244     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002536     Document Type: Article

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