Electro-optical properties of near-stoichiometric and congruent lithium tantalate at ultraviolet wavelengths

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 276-281

  Juvalta, Flurin ^a   Jazbinšek, Mojca ^a   Günter, Peter ^a   Kitamura, Kenji ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LITHIUM TANTALATE; SELLMEIER PARAMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTHS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 33644908495     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000276     Document Type: Article

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