Perturbative analytical treatment of adiabatically moderated soliton self-frequency shift

A M Zheltikov1

  • 1Physics Department, International Laser Center, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow 119992, Russia. zheltikov@phys.msu.ru

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