Waveguides induced by photorefractive screening solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3091-3101

  Shih, Ming Feng ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a   Mitchell, Matthew ^a   Segev, Mordechai ^a   Lee, Howard ^b   Feigelson, Robert S ^b,c   Wilde, Jeffrey P ^b,d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d CA USA   (United States)

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EID: 0031499150     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.003091     Document Type: Article

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