Amalgamation of interacting light beamlets in Kerr-type media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2550-2562

  Berge L ^a   Schmidt, M R ^b   Juul Rasmussen, J ^b   Christiansen, P L ^b   Rasmussen, K O ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0031476318     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002550     Document Type: Article

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