Multidimensional coupling owing to optical nonlinearities. I. General formulation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 553-559

  Bridges, Robert E ^a,b   Boyd, Robert W ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b SpatialMetriX Corporation ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0030544245     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000553     Document Type: Article

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