Polarization and configuration dependence of beam self-focusing in photorefractive LiNbO3

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-492

  Safioui, J ^a   Chauvet, M ^a   Devaux, F ^a   Coda, V ^b   Pettazzi, F ^c   Alonzo, M ^c   Fazio, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b SUPELEC   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLITONS;

CONFIGURATION DEPENDENCES; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; ELECTRO OPTIC COEFFICIENT; LITHIUM NIOBATE CRYSTAL; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE SOLITONS; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 63049115113     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000487     Document Type: Article

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