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Optics Communications

Optical bistability and beam reshaping in nonlinear multilayered structures

Xinghua Lu, Yingxin Bai, Shiqun Li, Tianjie Chen

Published Nov 1, 1998• 10 citations
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10.1016/s0030-4018(98)00278-8

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