Diffraction-free planar beams in unbiased photorefractive media

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Christodoulides, DN
Coskun, TH
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[1] Dept. of Elec. Eng. and Comp. Sci., Lehigh University, Bethlehem
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10.1364/OL.21.001460
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We show that a new class of nondiffracting planar beams is possible in unbiased photorefractive media. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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页码:1460 / 1462
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