Azimuthal modulation instability for a cylindrically polarized wave in a nonlinear Kerr medium

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4757-4764

  Haus, Joseph W ^a   Mozumder, Zasim ^a   Zhan, Qiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STABILITY; VECTORS;

AZIMUTHALLY PERIODIC SHAPE; NONLINEAR KERR MEDIUM; NONLINEAR VECTOR WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33744519175     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004757     Document Type: Article

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