Electrically controllable diffuser made from randomly poled lithium niobate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1797-1803

  Cudney, Roger S ^a   Escamilla, Héctor M ^a   Ríos, Luis A ^a  

^a Div de Fisica Aplicada   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT SCATTERING; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

COHERENT COMPONENTS; ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED DIFFUSER; LITHIUM NIOBATE WAFER; MEAN SCATTERED INTENSITY;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

EID: 10044239490     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001797     Document Type: Article

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