Various kinds of spatial solitons associated with photoisomerization

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Liang, Jianchu ^a   Cai, Zebin ^a   Sun, Yunzhou ^a   Xu, Siliu ^a   Yi, Lin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

BACKGROUND LIGHT; BRIGHT SOLITONS; BRIGHT-DARK SOLITON PAIRS; DARK SOLITONS; GRAY SOLITONS; SOLITON SOLUTIONS; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 59949096239     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000036     Document Type: Article

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