Propagation of high-intensity short resonant pulses in inhomogeneously broadened media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1127-1134

  Schupper, N ^a,b   Friedmann, H ^b   Matusovsky, M ^b   Rosenbluh, M ^b   Wilson Gordon, A D ^b  

^a Jack Pearl Resnick Inst Adv T   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0033459868     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001127     Document Type: Article

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