Measuring nonlinear refraction and its dispersion

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2009, Pages 573-591

  Van Stryland, Eric W ^a   Hagan, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 58049169538     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34727-1_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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