Radiation-related polarization instability of Kerr spatial vector solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 695-702

  Malendevich, Roman R ^a   Friedrich, Lars ^a   Stegeman, George I ^a   Soto Crespo, Jose M ^b   Akhmediev, Nail N ^c   Aitchison, James Stewart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SOLITONS; VECTORS;

PHASE MATCHING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0141788454     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000695     Document Type: Article

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