Nonlinear contrawave mixing devices in poled-polymer waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 759-772

  Otomo, Akira ^a,c   Stegeman, George I ^a   Flipse, Marinus C ^b   Diemeer, Mart B J ^b   Horsthuis, Winfried H G ^b   Möhlmann, Guus R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032340465     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000759     Document Type: Article

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