Vectorial nonparaxial propagation equation in the presence of a tensorial refractive-index perturbation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 809-819

  Ciattoni, Alessandro ^a   Di Porto, Paolo ^b   Crosignani, Bruno ^a,c   Yariv, Amnon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX PERTURBATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0034421523     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000809     Document Type: Article

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