Nonlinear lattice model for spatially guided solitons in nonlinear photonic crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1544-1554

  Van Sande, Guy Der ^a   Maes, Björn ^b   Bienstman, Peter ^b   Danckaert, Jan ^a   Baets, Roel ^b   Veretennicoff, Irina ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SCATTERING; SOLITONS;

BLOCH WAVES; LINEAR DEFECT; PULSE PROPAGATION; SELF-FOCUSING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 17444392146     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001544     Document Type: Article

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