Reflection and transmission of light in multilayers perturbed by picosecond strain pulse propagation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3028-3041

  Matsuda, O ^a   Wright, O B ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MULTILAYERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ACOUSTIC PULSES;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 0141564675     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.003028     Document Type: Article

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