Optical shock and blow-up of ultrashort pulses in transparent media
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P. Whalen,1 J. V. Moloney,2,3,4 A. C. Newell,3 K. Newell,3 and M. Kolesik2,4,5 1Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0089, USA 2Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0089, USA 3Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0089, USA 4College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0089, USA 5Department of Physics, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra 94974, Slovakia (Received 30 January 2012; published 4 September 2012)
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