Propagation of incoherent “white” light and modulation instability in noninstantaneous nonlinear media

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Buljan, Hrvoje ^a   Šiber, Antonio ^b   Soljačić, Marin ^c   Segev, Mordechai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EUTECTIC GROWTH; EUTECTIC SOLIDIFICATION; PATTERN STABILITY; TRIJUNCTION MOTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; MOTION COMPENSATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOLIDIFICATION; SYSTEM STABILITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EUTECTICS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349083316     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.035601     Document Type: Article

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