文档介绍：Applications of
Nonlinear Fiber Optics
OPTICS AND PHOTONICS
(Formerly Quantum Electronics)
Series Editors
PAUL L. KELLEY
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts
IVAN P. KAMINOW
Lucent Technologies
Holmdel, New Jersey
GOVIND P. AGRAWAL
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
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