Forces and equilibrium states between interacting vector solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 954-959

  Scheuer, Jacob ^a   Orenstein, Meir ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLITONS; VECTORS;

INTERSOLITON FORCES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141677981     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000954     Document Type: Article

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