Self-trapping of one-dimensional and two-dimensional optical beams and induced waveguides in photorefractive KNbO3

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 1467-1469

  Lan, Song ^a   Shih, Ming Feng ^a   Segev, Mordechai ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

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EID: 0000228505     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.001467     Document Type: Article

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