Three-dimensional optical bit-memory recording and reading with a photorefractive crystal: Analysis and experiment

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2457-2465

  Ueki, H ^a   Kawata, Y ^a   Kawata, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000864379     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002457     Document Type: Article

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