Few-optical-cycle dissipative solitons

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 43, Issue 37, 2010, Pages

  Leblond, H ^a   Mihalache, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^c ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

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EID: 78649547950     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/37/375205     Document Type: Article

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