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Springer proceedings in physics

Angle and Frequency Optical Bistability: Resonant Excitation of a Nonlinear Guided Mode

P. Arlot, E. Pic, R. Reinisch, Guy Vitrant

Published Jan 1, 1986• 3 citations
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DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-46580-2_32

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