Adiabatic Bragg soliton compression in nonuniform grating structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2979-2985

  Lenz, G ^a   Eggleton, B J ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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EID: 0032257250     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002979     Document Type: Article

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