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Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2304-2309

  Wang, C H ^a   Bacon, M ^b   Kar, A K ^a   Wherrett, B S ^a   Baxter, R L ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031511902     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002304     Document Type: Article

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