Steady-state propagation of ultrashort optical pulses in semiconductor excitonic medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1308-1312

  Talanina, Irina B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 0030541118     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001308     Document Type: Article

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