Soliton-based optical switching in waveguide arrays

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 876-887

  Królikowski, Wiesław ^a   Kivshar, Yuri S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0030529478     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000876     Document Type: Article

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