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In this chapter we present mathematical descriptions of wave motions in a nonlinear dispersive medium, and in a glass fiber.

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Hasegawa, A. (1990). Wave Motion. In: Optical Solitons in Fibers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09113-5_2

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