A novel type of optical oscillator based on a liquid crystal gain medium

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-357

  Residori, Stefania ^a   Bortolozzo, Umberto ^b   Montina, Alberto ^c   Arecchi, Fortunato Tito ^c   Huignard, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Photorefractive materials; Spatiotemporal pulses

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

COLLECTIVE ORIENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL LIGHT VALVE; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MEDIUM; PHOTOREFRACTIVE BSO CRYSTALS; SELF PUMPED PHASE CONJUGATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PULSE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 35548978094     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863507003731     Document Type: Article

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