Nodal solitons and the nonlinear breaking of discrete symmetry

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1072-1078

  Ferrando, Albert ^a   Zacarés, Mario ^a   Andreés, Pedro ^a   Fernández De Córdoba, Pedro ^b   Monsoriu, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLITONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DISCRETE SYMMETRY; NODAL SOLITONS; NONLINEAR BREAKING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 14744299540     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001072     Document Type: Article

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