Optical spatial solitons and their interactions: Universality and diversity

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5444, 1999, Pages 1518-1523

  Stegeman, George I ^a   Segev, Mordechai ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033584790     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5444.1518     Document Type: Review

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