Approach to space-charge field description in photorefractive crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1469-1475

  DelRe, Eugenio ^a,b   Ciattoni, Alessandro ^a,b   Crosignani, Bruno ^a,b   Tamburrini, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

HARMONIC BRAGG SCATTERING; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; POCKELS EFFECT; TWO WAVE MIXING;

ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE;

EID: 0032075205     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001469     Document Type: Article

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