Two-dimensional modulational instability in photorefractive media

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Saffman, M ^a   McCarthy, Glen ^b   Królikowski, Wieslaw ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Photorefractive nonlinear optics; Self focusing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE MEDIA; SELF-FOCUSING;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 2942622058     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/6/5/030     Document Type: Article

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