Measurement of the dc Kerr and electrostrictive phase modulation in silica

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-194

  Liu, Alice C ^a,b   Digonnet, Michel J F ^a   Kino, Gordon S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROSTRICTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; RESONANCE; SILICA;

POLARIZATION RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 0035606389     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000187     Document Type: Article

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