Solitons in optical communications

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 423-444

  Haus, Hermann A ^a   Wong, William S ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

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EID: 0030521877     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.68.423     Document Type: Article

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