Nonlinear refractive coupling and vector solitons in anisotropic cubic media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 869-879

  Hutchings, D C ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a   Arnold, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001507021     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000869     Document Type: Article

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