Non-resonant optical limiting due to self-induced multiwave interference

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Murazyan, A L ^a,c   Tabiryan, N V ^a,c   Vogeler, T ^b   Tschudi, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PROBLEMS OF PHYSICS   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NONRESONANT OPTICAL LIMITING; SELF INDUCED MULTIWAVE INTERFERENCE;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0030080504     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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