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Propagation of Self-Trapped Optical Beams in Nonlinear Kerr Media and Photorefractive Crystals

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It has been well-known for many years that, under specific conditions, “ an electromagnetic beam can produce its own dielectric waveguide and propagate without spreading”1 in a suitable nonlinear material.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita’ dell’Aquila, 67010, L’Aquila, Italy

    B. Crosignani

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  1. The University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

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  2. G. M. Hughes Electronics Corporation, Los Angeles, California, USA

    A. N. Chester

  3. The University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    M. Bertolotti

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Crosignani, B. (1994). Propagation of Self-Trapped Optical Beams in Nonlinear Kerr Media and Photorefractive Crystals. In: Martellucci, S., Chester, A.N., Bertolotti, M. (eds) Advances in Integrated Optics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2566-0_5

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