Optical limiting behavior of a glass-ceramic containing sodium niobate crystallites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 584-586

  Maciel, G S ^a   Rakov, N ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a   Lipovskii, A A ^b   Tagantsev, D K ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0039436930     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1390324     Document Type: Article

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