One- and two-dimensional subwavelength solitons in saturable media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1356-1361

  Gisin, Boris V ^a   Malomed, Boris A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SOLITONS;

NON-KERR MEDIUM;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035598054     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001356     Document Type: Article

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