Ultrafast white-light continuum generation and self-focusing in transparent condensed media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 637-650

  Brodeur, A ^a,b   Chin, S L ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033454307     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000637     Document Type: Article

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