Photo-induced gratings in thin color center layers on lithium fluoride

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 31, 2009, Pages

  Bonfigli, Francesca ^a   Vincenti, Maria Aurora ^a   Almaviva, Salvatore ^a   Montereali, Rosa Maria ^a   Nichelatti, Enrico ^b   Nogueira, Rogério N ^c   Kalinowski, Hypolito José ^d  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING; COLOR; COLOR CENTERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MODULATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; OPTICAL BLEACHING; PHASE MASK INTERFEROMETERS; PHOTOEMISSION PROPERTIES; SPATIAL MODULATIONS; SPATIAL PERIODICITY;

ARGON LASERS;

EID: 70449627910     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000G38     Document Type: Article

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