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DelRe, E., Segev, M., Christodoulides, D., Crosignani, B., Salamo, G. (2006). Photorefractive Solitons. In: Günter, P., Huignard, JP. (eds) Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications 1. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 113. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25192-8_11
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