Computational Modeling of Femtosecond Optical Solitons From Maxwell'S Equations

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 2416-2422

  Goorjian, Peter M ^a   Taflove, Allen ^b   Joseph, Rose M ^b   Hagness, Susan C ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND SOLITONS; MAXWELL'S EQUATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0026940309     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.159548     Document Type: Article

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