Self-trapping of dark incoherent light beams

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5365, 1998, Pages 889-891

  Chen, Zhigang ^a   Mitchell, Matthew ^a   Segev, Mordechai ^a   Coskun, Tamer H ^b   Christodoulides, Demetrios N ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DARKNESS; LASER; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032496352     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5365.889     Document Type: Article

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34. Supported by the U.S. Army Research Office, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and NSF.