Ultrafast optical switching by instantaneous laser-induced grating formation and self-diffraction in barium fluoride

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 749-751

  Schneider, Th ^a   Wolfframm, D ^a   Mitzner, R ^a,b   Reif, J ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FIMEA GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

BARIUM FLUORIDE; OPTICAL SWITCHING;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032619855     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003400050698     Document Type: Article

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