Spontaneous Soliton Formation and Modulational Instability in Bose-Einstein Condensates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404011-404014

  Carr, L D ^a   Brand, J ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OSCILLATIONS; SOLITONS; STABILITY;

BOSE EINSTEIN CONDENSATES (BEC); SINUSOIDAL MODULATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 1442355930     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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