Hot-carrier-transport-governed nonresonant optical nonlinearity: Transient Gunn-domain grating

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2045-2056

  Subacius L ^a   Starikov, E ^a   Shiktorov, P ^a   Gruzinskis V ^a   Jarasiunas K ^b  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

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EID: 0032394954     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002045     Document Type: Article

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