Multipole composite spatial solitons: Theory and experiment

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 586-595

  Desyatnikov, Anton S ^a   Neshev, Dragomir ^a   Ostrovskaya, Elena A ^a   Kivshar, Yuri S ^a   McCarthy, Glen ^a   Krolikowski, Wieslaw ^a   Luther Davies, Barry ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; VECTORS; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPOSITE OPTICAL BEAMS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0000128182     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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