Beam propagation in nonlinear multimode interference waveguide

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 457-462

  Liu, Gang Jun ^a   Liang, Bin Ming ^a   Li, Qu ^a   Jin, Guo Liang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Multimode waveguides; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

BEAM CENTERS; MULTIMODE WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL PROPAGATION IN NONLINEAR MEDIA; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 23844527459     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/9/003     Document Type: Article

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