Nonparaxial equation for linear and nonlinear optical propagation

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 778-780

  Crosignani, B ^a   Di Porto, P ^a   Yariv, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0001691542     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.000778     Document Type: Article

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