Nonparaxial one-dimensional spatial solitons

Chaos

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 570-583

  Blair, Steve ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

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EID: 0000036135     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1286265     Document Type: Review

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