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The evolution of the area of a pulse of optical radiation propagating in a nonlinear medium is analyzed. The role played by the medium relaxation and the correctness of the formulation of the problem on the propagation of short pulses are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © N.N. Rosanov, 2009, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2009, Vol. 107, No. 5, pp. 761–765.
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Rosanov, N.N. Area of ultimately short light pulses. Opt. Spectrosc. 107, 721–725 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X09110095
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