Modulational instability in nonlinear periodic structures: Implications for ‘‘gap solitons’’
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Applied Physics Letters
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0003-6951,1077-3118
DOI: 10.1063/1.104404