Bragg solitons in the nonlinear Schrödinger limit: Experiment and theory

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-599

  Eggleton, B J ^a   De Sterke, C Martijn ^b,c   Slusher, R E ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Australian Photonics Coop Res Ctr   (Australia)

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EID: 0003100817     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000587     Document Type: Article

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