Dynamical properties of two-dimensional Kerr cavity solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 747-752

  Firth, William J ^a   Harkness, Graeme K ^a   Lord, Angus ^a   McSloy, John M ^a   Gomila, Damià ^b   Colet, Pere ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SOLITONS;

KERR CAVITY SOLITONS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 0001302046     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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