Third-order nonlinearity enhancement in an artificial Kerr medium through bulk intrinsic birefringence

Optics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 239-241

  De Spirito, M ^a   Romagnoli, M ^b   Pizzoferrato, R ^a   Zammit, U ^a   Marinelli, M ^a   Scudieri, F ^a   Martellucci, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

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EID: 84975581033     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.14.000239     Document Type: Article

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