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Optics Communications

The effect of end reflections and mirror positioning on the optical response of a nonlinear distributed feedback device

Philip Keith Milsom, Alan Miller, David C. Herbert

Published Jan 1, 1989• 7 citations
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10.1016/0030-4018(89)90125-9

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