Vector spatial solitons in complex magneto-optic waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 563-573

  Boardman, Allan D ^a   Xie, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLITONS; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

VECTOR SPATIAL SOLITONS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0141676406     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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