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Self-stabilizing additive-pulse mode-locking due to thermo-optical non-linearity in an optical fiber
, 1671 (1991)] described a Nd:YLF APM laser which somehow automatically adjusted the relative resonator phase. We reproduce this behavior and analyse its origin. Thermal effects due to the light power guided i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characterization of a (021) twin in coesite using LACBED and precession electron diffraction
Coesite is a high-pressure polymorph of silica stable in the pressure range 2.5–9 GPa, which corresponds to a minimum depth in Earth of ca. 90 km. Given the ubiquity of silica at the surface of the Earth, coes...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Electron precession characterization of pseudo-merohedral twins in the LaGaO3 perovskite
Pseudo-merohedric twins are frequently observed in the orthorhombic LaGaO3 perovskite [1] because this perovskite displays some very small symmetry departures from an ideal cubic ABO3 perovskite. The characteriza...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Contribution of electron precession to the study of crystals displaying small symmetry departures
Many crystals display some small symmetry departures from a high symmetry. For example, a crystal has a tetragonal or an orthorhombic structure very close to a cubic structure. In this case, many zone axis ele...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Precession Electron Diffraction for the characterization of twinning in pseudo-symmetrical crystals: case of coesite
Recent developments in electron diffraction call for a reappraisal of the possibilities offered by spot patterns. Among them is the Vincent-Midgley Precession Electron Diffraction (PED) technique [1], which re...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
TEM study of Comet Wild 2 pyroxene particles collected during the stardust mission
In January 2006, the NASA Stardust spacecraft successively returned to Earth dust from comet 81P/Wild 2, captured in a low-density SiO2 aerogel. Samples of three collected pyroxene-rich particles have been invest...