Some modern aspects of self-focusing theory

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2009, Pages 413-438

  Fibich, Gadi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 58049165902     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34727-1_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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