Self-trapping of “necklace” beams in self-focusing kerr media

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4851-4854

  Soljačić, Marin ^a   Sears, Suzanne ^a   Segev, Mordechai ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001557271     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4851     Document Type: Article

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