Similarity Rules for Nonlinear Kerr-like Slab Optical Waveguides

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1571-1581

  Tomer, Llufs ^a   Torres, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICS--NONLINEAR;

KERR-LIKE SLAB WAVEGUIDES; SIMILARITY RULES;

WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

EID: 0026880734     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.135311     Document Type: Article

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