Optical components induced by repelling solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1768-1771

  Ladouceur, F ^a   Mitchell, D J ^a   Snyder, A W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Couplers; Optical devices; Solitons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031490556     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001768     Document Type: Article

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