Spatial solitons in a photorefractive medium sustaining second-harmonic generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 832-838

  Boardman, A D ^a   Ilecki, W ^a   Liu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

SPATIAL SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141453519     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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