Femtosecond recording and time-resolved readout of spatial gratings in lithium niobate crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-429

  Sturman, Boris ^a   Beyer, OLiver ^b   Maxein, Dominik ^b   Buse, Karsten ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BRAGG GRATINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOEXCITATION; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FEMTOSECOND TIME SCALE; LITHIUM NIOBATE CRYSTALS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34047138923     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000419     Document Type: Article

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