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Optical and Quantum Electronics

Optical switching between bistable soliton states: a theoretical review

Richard H. Enns, Darran E. Edmundson, S. S. Rangnekar, A. E. Kaplan

Published Nov 1, 1992• 47 citations
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10.1007/bf00624674

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