Beam combining using orientational stimulated scattering in liquid crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2628-2634

  Sarkissian, Hakob ^a   Tsai, Chang Ching ^a   Zeldovich, Boris ^a   Tabirian, Nelson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE MODULATION; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

BEAM COMBINING; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; ORIENTATIONAL STIMULATED SCATTERING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 30844467286     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002628     Document Type: Article

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