Fundamental characteristics of space-charge waves in photorefractive sillenite crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2573-2580

  Pedersen, Henrik C ^a   Webb, D J ^a   Johansen, Per M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0000088646     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002573     Document Type: Article

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