Anisotropic interaction of three-dimensional spatial screening solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-77

  Stepken, A ^a   Kaiser, F ^a   Belic M R ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

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EID: 0034406878     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000068     Document Type: Article

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