Optical spatial solitons supported by photoisomerization nonlinearity in a polymer

Optics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-279

  Wang, Xiao Sheng ^a   She, Wei Long ^a   Lee, Wing Kee ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SPATIAL SOLITONS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION NONLINEARITY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MOLECULES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0842278854     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.000277     Document Type: Article

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