Active aberration correction for the writing of three–dimensional optical memory devices

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1374-1379

  Neil, Mark A A ^a   Juškaitis, Rimas ^a   Booth, Martin J ^a   Wilson, Tony ^a   Kawata, Satoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION PROCESS;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 0036507992     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001374     Document Type: Article

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