Phase-dependent collisions of (2 + 1)-dimensional spatial solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2079-2082

  Mamaev, A V ^a   Saffman, M ^b   Zozulya, A A ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d United States   (United States)

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EID: 0032371732     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002079     Document Type: Article

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