Localization and trapping of light in one- and two-dimensional nonlinear periodic structures

Wave Motion

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 48-58

  Aceves, Alejandro B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber gratings; Localization; Nonlinearity and randomness; Waveguide gratings

Indexed keywords

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; DIFFRACTION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; SOLITONS;

GAP SOLITONS; LIGHT LOCALIZATION; PULSE DYNAMICS; RANDOM COUPLING COEFFICIENTS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; DIFFRACTION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; SOLITONS;

LIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 35648944150     PISSN: 01652125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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