Localized switching in photorefractive ferroelectrics induced by spatially inhomogeneous electric fields

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 430-432

  Fousek, J ^a,b   Marvan, M ^c   Cudney, R S ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION;

LOCALIZED SWITCHING; PHOTOREFRACTIVE FERROELECTRIC CRYSTAL;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031700598     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120779     Document Type: Article

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