Photorefractive polymeric optical spatial solitons

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 1853-1855

  Shih, Ming Feng ^a   Sheu, Fang Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0006475474     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.001853     Document Type: Article

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