Light-induced refractive-index modifications in dielectric thin films: Experimental determination of relaxation time and amplitude

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 1996, Pages 5013-5020

  Monneret, S ^a   Tisserand, S ^a   Flory, F ^a   Rigneault, H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Guided waves; Prism coupling; Thermal effects; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005445560     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005013     Document Type: Article

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