Photorefractive screening solitons of high and low intensity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 706-718

  Segev, Mordechai ^a   Shih, Ming Feng ^a   Valley, George C ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

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EID: 0007151177     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000706     Document Type: Article

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