Versatile bistable gate based on quadratic cascading in a Bragg periodic structure

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 661-670

  Picciau, Matteo ^a   Leo, Giuseppe ^a   Assanto, Gaetano ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 0030553175     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000661     Document Type: Article

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