Degenerate four-wave mixing in two-level saturable absorbers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2408-2419

  Ai, B ^a,c   Knize, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c Fish & Richardson PC   (United States)

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EID: 0030491162     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002408     Document Type: Article

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