Accurate interferometric method for the measurement of electro-optic coefficients: Application to a single β-barium borate crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1158-1165

  Ney, P ^a   Maillard, A ^a   Fontana, M D ^a   Polgar K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE SHIFT; PIEZOELECTRICITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ELECTRO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0034375598     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001158     Document Type: Article

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