Experimental generation of steering odd dark beams of finite length

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2011-2017

  Dreischuh, A ^a   Neshev, D ^a   Paulus, G G ^b   Walther, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOLOGRAMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

DARK BEAMS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0034548984     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.002011     Document Type: Article

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