Solitons for optical time-domain reflectometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1179-1187

  Levanon, Amikam ^a,b   Friberg, Stephen R ^a   Fujii, Yoichi ^b  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 0030546647     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001179     Document Type: Article

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