Influence of intermodal dispersion on the switching of solitons at different wavelengths in twin-core fiber couplers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1636-1641

  Paiva, Carlos R ^a   Topa, António L ^a   Barbosa, Afonso M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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EID: 0033463168     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001636     Document Type: Article

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