Extreme picosecond pulse narrowing by means of soliton effect in single-mode optical fibers

Optics Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 289-291

  Mollenauer, L F ^a   Stolen, R H ^a   Gordon, J P ^a   Tomlinson, W J ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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EID: 84975624386     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.8.000289     Document Type: Article

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