Existence of a bistable polarization state in a Kerr medium in the presence of two-photon absorption

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 283-292

  Lefkir, M ^a   Nguyen Phu, X ^a   Rivoire, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

NITROBENZOL; TRANSVERSE FIELD EFFECTS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0032003819     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1355-5111/10/1/031     Document Type: Article

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