Nonlinear beam interactions in 1D discrete Kerr systems

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1797-1807

  Meier, J ^a   Stegeman, G I ^a   Christodoulides, D N ^a   Morandotti, R ^b   Sorel, M ^c   Yang, H ^d   Salamo, G ^d   Aitchison, J S ^e   Silberberg, Y ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLITONS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

ALGAAS WAVEGUIDES; BEAM PROPAGATION; CHANNEL EXCITATION; ENERGY EXCHANGE; PULSE PROPAGATION AND SOLITONS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 17444403985     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001797     Document Type: Article

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