Diffusion and pseudo-phase-conjugation effects in coherent backscattering from Nd0.5La0.5Al3(BO3)4 ceramic

Optical Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Noginov, M A ^a,c   Egarievwe, S U ^a   Caulfield, H J ^a,d   Noginova, N E ^a,c   Curley, M ^a   Venkateswarlu, P ^a   Williams, A ^a   Paitz, J ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH   (Germany)

^c NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; PSEUDO PHASE CONJUGATION EFFECT; WAVE FRONT DISTORTION;

NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032024921     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-3467(97)00147-X     Document Type: Article

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