(1+1)-Dimensional and (2+1)-dimensional waveguides induced by self-focused dark notches and crosses in LiNbO3:Fe crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 34, 1997, Pages 8982-8986

  Liu, Simin ^a   Zhang, Guoquan ^a   Tian, Guoyun ^a   Sun, Qian ^a   Xu, Jingjun ^a   Zhang, Guangyin ^a   Yicheng, Tong ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Photorefractive; Self focused; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444376502     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.008982     Document Type: Article

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