Instability of the resonance excitation of space-charge waves in sillenite crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 556-564

  Sturman, B I ^a   Podivilov, E V ^a   Chernykh, A I ^a   Ringhofer, K H ^b   Kamenov, V P ^b   Pedersen, H C ^c   Johansen, P M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0033441018     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000556     Document Type: Article

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