Mixed-mode spatial solitons in semiconductor waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 880-887

  Ostrovskaya, E A ^a   Akhmediev, N N ^a   Stegeman, G I ^b   Kang, J U ^b   Aitchison, J S ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001434005     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000880     Document Type: Article

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