Photorefractive solitons

Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue , 2006, Pages 317-367

  DelRe, E ^a   Segev, M ^b   Christodoulides, Demetri ^c   Crosignani, Bruno ^a,d   Salamo, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d INFM   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 33845237585     PISSN: 03424111     EISSN: 15561534     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25192-8_11     Document Type: Article

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