Amplification of broadband incoherent light in homogeneously broadened media in the presence of Kerr nonlinearity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2563-2569

  Garnier, J ^a,b   Fouque, J P ^a,b   Videau, L ^b   Gouedard C ^b   Migus, A ^c  

^a CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0031529735     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002563     Document Type: Article

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