Dispersion-managed solitons and optimization of the dispersion management

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-452

  Turitsyn, Sergei K ^a   Mezentsev, Vladimir K ^b   Shapiro, Elena G ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0038906242     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1998.0271     Document Type: Article

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