GENERATION OF SPATIAL SUBHARMONIC GRATINGS IN THE ABSENCE OF PHOTOREFRACTIVE BEAM COUPLING

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作者
MCCLELLAND, TE
WEBB, DJ
STURMAN, BI
RINGHOFER, KH
机构
[1] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,INST AUTOMAT & ELECTROMETRY,NOVOSIBIRSK 630090,RUSSIA
[2] UNIV OSNABRUCK,FACHBEREICH PHYS,D-49069 OSNABRUCK,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3082
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Using a new experimental geometry, we have proved for the first time that the generation of spatial subharmonic gratings in photorefractive crystals is not dependent on optical nonlinearity. We present results which confirm that the subharmonic gratings result from a parametric excitation of ultra low-frequency eigenmodes of a crystal by a time modulated fundamental grating. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3082 / 3084
页数:3
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