When the space curvature dopes the radiant intensity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1766-1772

  Ben Abdallah, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

SPACE CURVATURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0012929002     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001766     Document Type: Article

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