Cascading nonlinearities in optical four-wave mixing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 570-576

  Zgonik, M ^a   Gunter P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0030554102     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000570     Document Type: Article

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