Spatial modulation instability in self-defocusing photorefractive crystal LiNbO3:Fe

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-154

  Zhu, Nan ^a   Guo, Ru ^a   Liu, Simin ^a   Liu, Zhaohong ^a   Song, Tao ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Modulational instability; Photorefractive nonlinear optics; Self defocusing media LiNbO3:Fe

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; IRRADIATION; LIGHTING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; OPTICAL BEAM INTENSITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE NONLINEAR OPTICS; SELF-DEFOCUSING MEDIA LINBO3:FE;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 31044446471     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/2/007     Document Type: Article

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