Gap-soliton bullets in waveguide gratings

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 277-286

  Aceves, Alejandro B ^a   Fibich, Gadi ^b   Ilan, Boaz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap soliton; Nonlinear Schr dinger equation; Waveguide gratings

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLITONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GAP SOLITON; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS; WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 1042277258     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2003.09.046     Document Type: Article

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