Stability of solitons in birefringent optical fibers. II. Arbitrary amplitudes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 392-402

  Menyuk, Curtis R ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84919457647     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.5.000392     Document Type: Article

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