Spatial modulation instability of coherent light in a weakly-relaxing Kerr medium

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-468

  Leblond, H ^a   Cambournac, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Modulation instability; Noninstantaneous Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Spatial solitons

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLITONS;

MODULATION INSTABILITY; NONINSTANTANEOUS KERR EFFECT; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 2142757380     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/4/026     Document Type: Article

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