Interaction of sine-Gordon kinks with defects: Phase space transport in a two-mode model

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 21-44

  Goodman, Roy H ^a,b   Holmes, Philip J ^b,c   Weinstein, Michael I ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian systems; Homoclinic orbits; Nonlinear waves; Phase space transport; Radiation damping; Two mode model

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAMILTONIANS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLITONS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

PHASE SPACE TRANSPORT; SINE-GORDAN KINKS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036137286     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(01)00353-0     Document Type: Article

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