Singular Hopf bifurcation to strongly pulsating oscillations in lasers containing a saturable absorber

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-420

  Kozyreff, Gregory ^a   Erneux, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 0041975809     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792503005187     Document Type: Article

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