Non-reciprocal transmission through photorefractive crystals in the transient regime using reflection geometry

Optics Communications

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-402

  Jones, D C ^a   Cook, G ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; REFLECTION;

FRESNEL REFLECTION; NONRECIPROCAL TRANSMISSION; REFLECTION GEOMETRY; TWO WAVE MIXING;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033727003     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00690-8     Document Type: Article

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