Nonlinear waveguide arrays in AlGaAs

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3224-3231

  Millar, P ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a   Kang, J U ^b,e   Stegeman, G I ^b   Villeneuve, A ^c   Kennedy, G T ^d   Sibbett, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031499650     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.003224     Document Type: Article

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