Modulational instability in a layered Kerr medium: Theory and experiment

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Centurion, Martin ^a,b   Porter, Mason A ^b   Pu, Ye ^a   Kevrekidis, P G ^c   Frantzeskakis, D J ^d   Psaltis, Demetri ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; STABILITY CRITERIA;

GLASS-AIR LAYERS; KRONIG-PENNEY EQUATION; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITIES;

PULSE MODULATION;

EID: 33845371093     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.234101     Document Type: Article

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