Vortex solitons in photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 817-822

  Ferrando, Albert ^a   Zacarés, Mario ^a   De Córdoba, Pedro Fernández ^b   Binosi, Daniele ^a   Monsoriu, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLITONS;

OPTICAL VORTICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2942746592     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000817     Document Type: Article

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