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We find a quasiexact three-dimensional analytic solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation describing the field of a stationary optical beam in an unbounded homogeneous nonlinear isotropic medium supporting a state of linear polarization.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 201, No. 2, pp. 193–197, November, 2019.
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Alimenkov, I.V. Quasiexact Theory of Three-Dimensional Optical Self-Focusing. Theor Math Phys 201, 1581–1584 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040577919110047
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