Transition between superluminal and subluminal light propagation in photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8198-8203

  Bo, Fang ^a   Zhang, Guoquan ^a   Xu, Jingjun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; WAVE EFFECTS;

COUPLING BEAM; PHASE COUPLING EFFECT; WAVE MIXING;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 30144446314     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008198     Document Type: Article

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