Exact soliton solutions of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations: Shape-changing collisions, logic gates, and partially coherent solitons

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4 2, 2003, Pages 466171-4661725

  Kanna, T ^a   Lakshmanan, M ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGIC GATES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHAPE-CHANGING COLLISIONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0037864529     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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