Spatial solitons supported by localized gain in nonlinear optical waveguides

European Physical Journal: Special Topics

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 233-243

  Lam, C K ^a   Malomed, B A ^b   Chow, K W ^a   Wai, P K A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 67651062129     PISSN: 19516355     EISSN: 19516401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2009-01076-8     Document Type: Article

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