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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 6, Issue 2, 026003(2024)

Light correcting light with nonlinear optics

Sachleen Singh^1、†, Bereneice Sephton^2、*, Wagner Tavares Buono¹, Vincenzo D’Ambrosio², Thomas Konrad³, and Andrew Forbes¹

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¹University of the Witwatersrand, School of Physics, Johannesburg, South Africa

²Università degli studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Dipartimento di Fisica “E. Pancini”, Napoli, Italy

³University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Chemistry and Physics, Durban, South Africa

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Nov. 30, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 19, 2024

Posted: Jan. 22, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Sephton Bereneice (bereneice21@gmail.com)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.6.2.026003

CSTR:32187.14.1.AP.6.2.026003

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