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Springer proceedings in physics

Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Passive GaAlAs Waveguide

Andy C. Walker, James Stewart Aitchison, John Chilwell, Simon Ritchie, P.M. Rodgers

Published Jan 1, 1986• 3 citations
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10.1007/978-3-642-46580-2_27

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