One-dimensional cuprate as a nonlinear optical material for ultrafast all-optical switching

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2831-2833

  Ashida, M ^a   Ogasawara, T ^b,c   Tokura, Y ^b,c   Uchida, S ^c   Mazumdar, S ^d   Kuwata Gonokami, M ^a,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JT RES CENTER FOR ATOM TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0035821132     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1370546     Document Type: Article

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