OPTICAL INFORMATION-PROCESSING USING ALKALI-METAL VAPORS

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作者
AI, B
KNIZE, RJ
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[1] Department of Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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10.1002/adma.19950070317
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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Research News: Nonlinear optical materials include inorganic single crystals, doped glasses, liquid crystals compound semiconductors and organic dyes. Here, an unusual type of NLO materials, with a very simple structure, alkalimetal vapors, are discussed. The vapors have been found to be among the best nonlinear optical materials for information processing in terms of several figures of merit. The ''materials'' and their applications are reviewed.
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