Solitonlike pulses in self-defocusing AlGaAs waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3003-3012

  Bélanger, Nicolas ^a   Villeneuve, Alain ^a   Aitchison, J S ^b  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031479448     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.003003     Document Type: Article

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