Phenomenological analysis of the parametric scattering processes in photorefractive crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 577-583

  Sturman, B I ^a,c   Goul'kov, M Yu ^b   Odoulov, S G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0030542323     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000577     Document Type: Article

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