Nonlinear optical trapping effect with reverse saturable absorption

Zheng Zhu; Yuquan Zhang; Shuoshuo Zhang; Aurèle J. L. Adam; Changjun Min; Hendrik Paul Urbach; Xiaocong Yuan

doi:10.1117/1.AP.5.4.046006

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