Spatial solitons and shock waves in photorefractive crystals with nonlocal nonlinearity

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 421-442

  Kutuzov, V ^a   Petnikova, V M ^a   Shuvalov, V V ^a   Vysloukh, V A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOREACTIVITY; SHOCK WAVES; SOLITONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NONLOCAL COMPONENTS; NONLOCAL NONLINEARITIES; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031312145     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863597000319     Document Type: Article

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