Bifurcation of asymmetric solutions in nonlinear optical media

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 859-880

  Jones, C K R T ^a   Kupper T ^b   Schaffner, K ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Dynamical systems; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035538117     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001578     Document Type: Article

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