Solitons in one-dimensional photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1854-1863

  Mayteevarunyoo, Thawatchai ^a,b   Malomed, Boris A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

FUNDAMENTAL SOLITONS; HIGHER-ORDER SOLITONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PERIODIC LATTICES; SELF-DEFOCUSING; SPATIAL SOLITONS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRAPPING POTENTIAL;

SOLITONS;

EID: 59949083221     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001854     Document Type: Article

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