Stimulated Rayleigh-Bragg scattering in a three-photon absorbing medium and its phase-conjugation property

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1166-1177

  He, Guang S ^a   Zheng, Qingdong ^a   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LINEWIDTH; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

BEAM DIVERGENCE; CHROMOPHORE SOLUTION; STIMULATED RAYLEIGH-BRAGG SCATTERING;

STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 34250747501     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001166     Document Type: Article

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