Stable propagation of solitons with increased energy through the combined action of dispersion management and periodic saturable absorption

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2960-2966

  Govan, D S ^a   Smith, N J ^a   Knox, F M ^a   Doran, N J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031522499     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002960     Document Type: Article

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