Generation of time-reversed wave fronts by nonlinear refraction*
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Time-reversed wave mixing in nonlinear optics
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Optical Society of America
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0030-3941
DOI: 10.1364/josa.67.000001