X-waves in self-focusing of ultra-short pulses

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2009, Pages 439-456

  Conti, Claudio ^a,b   Di Trapani, Paolo ^c   Trillo, Stefano ^c  

^a MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE

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EID: 58049140766     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34727-1_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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