Z-scan-based investigations of photorefractive self-focusing in KNbO3 crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 989-995

  Ryf, Roland ^a   Lötscher, Andreas ^a   Bosshard, Christian ^a   Zgonik, Marko ^a   Günter, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0032337589     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000989     Document Type: Article

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