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Showing papers by "Charles H. Townes published in 1967"


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TL;DR: In this article, light pulses self steepening resulting from propagation in medium with intensity dependent refractive index was described. But the authors did not consider the effect of the intensity of light pulses.
Abstract: Light pulses self steepening resulting from propagation in medium with intensity dependent refractive index

263 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, light waves traveling backward and forward in very small filaments of optical material result in standing waves producing visible spatial beats, allowing detection of changes in refractive index.
Abstract: Light waves traveling backward and forward in very small filaments of optical material result in standing waves producing visible spatial beats, allowing detection of changes in refractive index

25 citations