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Anderson localization in synthetic photonic lattices. / Vatnik, Ilya D.; Tikan, Alexey; Onishchukov, Georgy et al.

In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, No. 1, 4301, 27.06.2017, p. 4301.

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Vatnik, ID, Tikan, A, Onishchukov, G, Churkin, DV & Sukhorukov, AA 2017, 'Anderson localization in synthetic photonic lattices', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 4301, pp. 4301. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04059-z

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Vatnik, I. D., Tikan, A., Onishchukov, G., Churkin, D. V., & Sukhorukov, A. A. (2017). Anderson localization in synthetic photonic lattices. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 4301. [4301]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04059-z

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Vatnik ID, Tikan A, Onishchukov G, Churkin DV, Sukhorukov AA. Anderson localization in synthetic photonic lattices. Scientific Reports. 2017 Jun 27;7(1):4301. 4301. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04059-z

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Vatnik, Ilya D. ; Tikan, Alexey ; Onishchukov, Georgy et al. / Anderson localization in synthetic photonic lattices. In: Scientific Reports. 2017 ; Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 4301.

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