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The possibility of existence of electromagnetic solitons is explored based on the coupled equations for the classical function of electron distribution in carbon nanotubes and the Maxwell equations for the electromagnetic field. The solitons emerge due to a concerted change in the classical distribution function and the electric field generated by the nonequilibrium electrons of a carbon nanotube. An efficient equation was obtained to describe the electromagnetic-field dynamics. The data of numerical calculations indicating the existence of solitons are given.
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Belonenko, M.B., Demushkina, E.V. & Lebedev, N.G. Electromagnetic solitons in a system of carbon nanotubes. J Russ Laser Res 27, 457–465 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-006-0027-7
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