Experimental bifurcations and homoclinic chaos in a laser with a saturable absorber

Chaos

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  De Cavalcante, Hugo L D S ^a   Rios Leite, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

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EID: 46449092264     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2904861     Document Type: Article

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