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Title: Nonlinear polarization transfer and control of two laser beams overlapping in a uniform nonlinear medium
Award ID(s):
1803874
NSF-PAR ID:
10209140
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optical Society of America
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Volume:
29
Issue:
2
ISSN:
1094-4087; OPEXFF
Page Range / eLocation ID:
Article No. 1162
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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