Propagation and self-pumped phase conjugation of femtosecond laser pulses in BaTiO3

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 871-877

  Yang, Changxi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ANGULAR DISPERSION; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); SELF PUMPED PHASE CONJUGATION (SPPC);

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0032615142     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000871     Document Type: Article

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