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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 10, 1134(2019)

Strong nonlinear optical effects in micro-confined atmospheric air

Benoit Debord1,2、*, Martin Maurel1,2, Frederic Gerome1,2, Luca Vincetti3, Anton Husakou4, and Fetah Benabid1,2,5
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  • 1GPPMM Group, Xlim Research Institute, CNRS UMR 7252, University of Limoges, France
  • 2GLOphotonics S.A.S, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France
  • 3Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, I-41125 Modena, Italy
  • 4Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Str. 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
  • 5e-mail: f.benabid@xlim.fr
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    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Apr. 1, 2019

    Accepted: Aug. 1, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2019

    The Author Email: Benoit Debord (benoit.debord@xlim.fr)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001134

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