Steady state analysis of self-organization of light into a scattering ring due to induced reflection gratings in photorefractive materials

Optics Communications

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-446

  Dimmock, J O ^a   Banerjee, P P ^a   Madarasz, F L ^a   Kukhtarev, N V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

STEADY STATE ANALYSIS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0033881586     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00767-1     Document Type: Article

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