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Spatial self-phase-modulation of light in a photorefractive crystal subjected to an external alternating field

Boris Ya Zel'dovich, N. G. Kataevskii, Наталия Дмитриевна Кундикова, I. I. Naumova

Published Nov 30, 1995• 5 citations

Abstract

A mechanism of spatial self-phase-modulation of light in a photorefractive crystal subjected to an external alternating electric field is proposed. An experimental study of such modulation is reported for a barium sodium niobate crystal.

DOI: 10.1070/qe1995v025n11abeh000547

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