Dynamical equations for wave packets in materials with both quadratic and cubic response

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-61

  Bang, Ole ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamical equations; Nonlinear optics; Solitons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031540458     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000051     Document Type: Article

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