Localized structures in nonlinear optical cavities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5975, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Gomila, Damià ^a,b   Colet, Pere ^a   Matías, Manuel A ^a   Oppo, Gian Luca ^b,c   Miguel, Maxi San ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavity solitons; Excitability; Kerr media; Localized Structures; Nonlinear Optical Cavities

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLITONS; STABILITY;

CAVITY SOLITONS; EXCITABILITY; KERR MEDIA; LOCALIZED STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL CAVITIES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33645091222     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.675575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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