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Denz, C., Jander, P. (2006). Spatio-Temporal Instabilities and Self-Organization. In: Günter, P., Huignard, JP. (eds) Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications 1. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 113. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25192-8_9

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