Effects of optical activity on photorefractive spatial solitons in a biased Bi12TiO20 crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 719-724

  Singh, S R ^a   Christodoulides, D N ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

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EID: 0002113637     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000719     Document Type: Article

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