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Technical Physics

Hybrid optical bistability utilizing two-beam interaction at a photorefractive nonlinearity

Marina N. Frolova, Stanislav M. Shandarov, A. Reshet'ko, S. N. Pitchenko

Published Sep 1, 1996• 0 citations
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