Light correcting light with nonlinear optics

Sachleen Singh; Bereneice Sephton; Wagner Tavares Buono; Vincenzo D’Ambrosio; Thomas Konrad; Andrew Forbes

doi:10.1117/1.AP.6.2.026003

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