Nonlinear guided waves and spatial solitons in a periodic layered medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 772-781

  Sukhorukov, Andrey A ^a   Kivshar, Yuri S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERMITTIVITY;

PERIODIC LAYERED MEDIUM;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0012593396     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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