Self-focusing of chirped optical pulses in media with normal dispersion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1879-1891

  Berǵe, Luc ^a,e   Rasmussen, Jens Juul ^a   Kuznetsov, Evgenii A ^b   Shapiro, Elena G ^c   Turitsyn, Sergei K ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CEA DIF   (France)

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EID: 0030508588     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001879     Document Type: Article

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