Self-formation of multiple spatial photovoltaic solitons

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Couton, Gilles ^a   Maillotte, Hervé ^a   Chauvet, Mathieu ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

LiNbO3; Photorefractive nonlinear optics; Photovoltaic effect; Spatial soliton

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); IRON; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MIRRORS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE NONLINEAR OPTICS; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 2942525764     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/6/5/009     Document Type: Article

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