Self-pulsing and bistability in nonlinear Bragg gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2229-2237

  Parini, Alberto ^a   Bellanca, Gaetano ^a   Trillo, Stefano ^a   Conforti, Matteo ^b   Locatelli, Andrea ^b   De Angelis, Costantino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; HOPF BIFURCATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; STABILITY;

BISTABILITY; KERR NONLINEAR RESPONSE; SELF-PULSING;

BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 36048950379     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002229     Document Type: Article

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