Evolution of Off-Site First-Order Optical Vortices in Optically Induced Self-Focusing Square-Like Photonic Lattices

Qin Yali; Yang Bin; Yu Wensu; Xue Linlin; Shi Zhaoxia; Ren Hongliang

doi:10.3788/lop53.071901

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