Fine structure in spatial self-phase modulation patterns: At a glance determination of the sign of optical nonlinearity in highly nonlinear films

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lucchetti, L ^a   Suchand, S ^a,b   Simoni, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Self phase modulation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SELF PHASE MODULATION;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAR-FIELD PATTERNS; FINE STRUCTURES; HIGH NONLINEARITIES; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; NON-LINEAR COEFFICIENTS; OPTICAL NON LINEARITIES; SAMPLE POSITIONS; SIMPLE METHODS; SPATIAL SELF-PHASE MODULATIONS; WAVE-FRONT CURVATURES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 63749084962     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/3/034002     Document Type: Article

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