Nonlinear Waves in Saturable Self-Focusing Thin Films Bounded by Linear Media

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 2052-2058

  Al Bader, S J ^a   Jamid, H A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS--NONLINEAR; WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL--THIN FILMS;

ASYMMETRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SELF FOCUSING THIN FILMS;

LIGHT;

EID: 0024087988     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.8541     Document Type: Article

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