Discrete spatial solitons in a diffraction-managed nonlinear waveguide array: A unified approach

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 184, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 276-303

  Ablowitz, Mark J ^a   Musslimani, Ziad H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Discrete spatial soliton; Nonlinear waves

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR WAVES;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141509089     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(03)00226-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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