Effects of refractive-index mismatch on threedimensional optical data-storage density in a two-photon bleaching polymer

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 26, 1998, Pages 6299-6304

  Day, Daniel ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000638424     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006299     Document Type: Article

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