Beam dynamics at the interface between second-order nonlinear dielectrics

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1956-1960

  Capobianco, A D ^a   De Angelis, C ^a   Laureti Palma, A ^a   Nalesso, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0031535908     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001956     Document Type: Article

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