Oscillation and decay of discrete solitons in modulated waveguide arrays

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 544-549

  Peschel, Ulf ^a   Lederer, Falk ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLITONS;

DISCRETE SOLITONS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0012156516     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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