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A new instability of counter-propagating waves in BaTiO3?

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The self-development of a strong reflection grating in a BaTiO3 sample illuminated with two mutually incoherent counter-propagating light waves is reported. The two transmitted waves diffracted from this grating become partially mutually coherent.

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  1. UMR CNRS 5027, Laboratoire de Physique de l’Université de Bourgogne, 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon Cedex, France

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  2. Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 03650, Kiev, Ukraine

    S. Odoulov

  3. Forschunginstitute für mineralische und metallische Werkstoffe, Edelsteine Edelmetalle GmbH, 55743, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

    D. Rytz

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42.65.Hw; 05.45.-a; 42.65.Pc; 42.65.Sf

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Mathey, P., Odoulov, S. & Rytz, D. A new instability of counter-propagating waves in BaTiO3?. Appl. Phys. B 83, 27–31 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2135-z

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