Photonic applications of lithium niobate crystals

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-283

  Arizmendi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FERROELECTRICITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POINT DEFECTS; STOICHIOMETRY; THIN FILMS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOCURRENTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

CURIE TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINTS; PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS;

LITHIUM NIOBATE;

DOMAIN STRUCTURE; ELECTROOPTIC FILTERS; OPTICAL SURFACES; PHOTOINDUCED CURRENTS;

EID: 2342643575     PISSN: 00318965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200303911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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