Generation and evolution of quadratic dark spatial solitons using the wavefront modulation method

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8699-8707

  Chen, Xianfeng ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Wang, Feiyu ^a   Chen, Yuping ^a   Xia, Yuxing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SOLITONS; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL BRANCHING; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL SOLITONS; TRANSVERSE VELOCITY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 27544484462     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008699     Document Type: Article

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