Observation of composite gap solitons in optically induced nonlinear lattices in LiNbO3:Fe crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1924-1932

  Song, Tao ^a   Liu, Si Min ^a   Guo, Ru ^a   Liu, Zhao Hong ^a   Zhu, Nan ^a   Gao, Yuan Mei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

GAP SOLITONS; GAUSS PROBE BEAM; NONLINEAR LATTICES;

SOLITONS;

EID: 33644745262     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001924     Document Type: Article

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