Suppression of transverse instabilities for vector solitons

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages R1170-R1173

  Musslimani, Ziad H ^a   Segev, Mordechai ^a,b   Nepomnyashchy, Alexander ^a   Kivshar, Yuri S ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000232054     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.R1170     Document Type: Article

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