Observations on centrosymmetric and asymmetric scattering in barium titanate

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Moore, Thomas R.
Walters, Donald L.
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1988-08
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1988-08
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Results of experiments on the dynamics of scattering in barium titanate are presented. Asymmetric scattering and centrosymmetric scattering are characterized as a function of incident-beam size, and photographs are presented showing the development of the beam as light is asymmetrically scattered. Results are compared with existing theories of photorefractive scattering and are found to be in agreement with a near-forward-scattering theory. We propose that scattering in barium titanate begins with photorefractive inhomogeneities within the crystal, and experimental support is presented.
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J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Volume 5, No 8, pp. 1806-1810 (August 1988)
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Department of Physics
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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