Observation of one- and two-dimensional discrete surface spatial solitons

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-426

  Suntsov, S ^a   Makris, K G ^a   Siviloglou, G A ^a   Iwanow, R ^a,i   Schiek, R ^a,j   Christodoulides, D N ^a   Stegeman, G I ^a   Morandotti, R ^b   Yang, H ^c   Salamo, G ^c   Volatier, M ^d   Aimez, V ^d   Ares R ^d   Sorel, M ^e   Min, Y ^f   Sohler, W ^f   Wang, Xiaosheng ^g   Bezryadina, Anna ^g   Chen, Zhigang ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^g SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Solitons; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SURFACE WAVES;

CONTINUOUS MEDIUM; DISCRETE SOLITON; DISCRETE SURFACES; NON-LINEAR MEDIA; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MEDIA; SPATIAL SOLITONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WAVEGUIDES;

SOLITONS;

EID: 38349164187     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863507003834     Document Type: Article

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