Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 6, 060011(2021)

Nonlinear Talbot self-healing in periodically poled LiNbO3 crystal [Invited] On the Cover

Bingxia Wang1,2, Shan Liu3, Tianxiang Xu1, Ruwei Zhao1, Peixiang Lu2, Wieslaw Krolikowski3,4, and Yan Sheng1,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Devices, Research Institute of Advanced Technologies, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  • 2Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
  • 4Science Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha 23874, Qatar
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    Bingxia Wang, Shan Liu, Tianxiang Xu, Ruwei Zhao, Peixiang Lu, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Yan Sheng. Nonlinear Talbot self-healing in periodically poled LiNbO3 crystal [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(6): 060011

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Issue on Lithium Niobate Based Photonic Devices

    Received: Mar. 1, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 8, 2021

    Published Online: May. 8, 2021

    The Author Email: Yan Sheng (yan.sheng@anu.edu.au)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.060011

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