Variational principles, Lie point symmetries, and similarity solutions of the vector Maxwell equations in non-linear optics

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-80

  Webb, Garry ^a   Sørensen, Mads Peter ^b,c   Brio, Moysey ^b   Zakharian, Aramis R ^b   Moloney, Jerome V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Non linear optics; Similarity solutions; Traveling waves; Vector Maxwell's equations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POLARIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; VECTORS;

SIMILARITY SOLUTIONS; TRAVELING WAVES; VECTOR MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 1842418662     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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