Gap solitons in metamaterials

Waves in Random and Complex Media

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Longhi, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; KERR ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECT; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY; SOLITONS;

GAP SOLITONS; KERR NONLINEARITY; METAMATERIALS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 23044453576     PISSN: 17455030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17455030500053294     Document Type: Article

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