Pattern formation due to interballoon spatial mode coupling

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-50

  Vorontsov, M A ^a,b   Karpov, A Yu ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031539523     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000034     Document Type: Article

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