Dissipative solitons and their critical slowing down near a supercritical bifurcation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-491

  Bakonyi, Z ^a   Michaelis, D ^a   Peschel, U ^a   Onishchukov, G ^a   Lederer, F ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SOLITONS;

SUPERCRITICAL BIFURCATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0013404236     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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