Saturable nonlinear refraction in hot atomic vapor

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 238041-238044

  McCormick, C F ^a   Solli, D R ^a   Chiao, R Y ^a   Hickmann, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE SHIFT; POLYNOMIALS; RESONANCE;

KERR COEFFICIENT; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENTS; SATURATION EFFECTS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 1942507307     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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