Anisotropic waveguides induced by photorefractive (2+1)D solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1145-1149

  Petter, J ^a   Denz, C ^b   Stepken, A ^a   Kaiser, F ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLITONS;

REFRACTIVE-INDEX MODULATION;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0001358568     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001145     Document Type: Article

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