Enhanced continuous-wave four-wave mixing efficiency in nonlinear AlGaAs waveguides
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Enhanced continuous-wave four-wave mixing efficiency in nonlinear AlGaAs waveguides.
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عنوان ژورنال: Optics Express
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.026814