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Self-Focusing and Solitons in Photorefractive Media

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Self-focusing: Past and Present

Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics ((TAP,volume 114))

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We describe the basic physical mechanisms supporting the formation of spatial solitons in photorefractive crystals, and provide an up-to-date account of the developments in the field.

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DelRe, E., Segev, M. (2009). Self-Focusing and Solitons in Photorefractive Media. In: Boyd, R.W., Lukishova, S.G., Shen, Y. (eds) Self-focusing: Past and Present. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 114. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34727-1_23

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