Theory of optical couplers

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-235

  Biswas, Anjan ^a  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Multiple core; Non Kerr law; Soliton perturbation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SOLITONS;

GENERALIZED NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATION; MULTIPLE-CORE COUPLER; NON-KERR LAW; OPTICAL COUPLER; SOLITON PERTURBATION; TWIN-CORE COUPLER;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0037308572     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022852801087     Document Type: Article

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