Subdiffractive light in bi-periodic arrays of modulated fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10669-10677

  Staliunas, K ^a,b   Masoller, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLITONS;

FIBER ARRAYS; LIGHT PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; PROPAGATION CONSTANT;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 33750686266     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010669     Document Type: Article

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