Spatial Kerr solitons in optical fibres of finite size cross section: Beyond the Townes soliton

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Drouart, F ^a   Renversez, G ^a   Nicolet, A ^a   Geuzaine, C ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kerr nonlinearity; Microstructured optical fibres; nonlinear optics; Self coherent solutions; Spatial solitons; Townes solitons

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SOLITONS;

COHERENT SOLUTIONS; KERR NONLINEARITY; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBRES; SPATIAL SOLITONS; TOWNES SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 67649867097     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/12/125101     Document Type: Article

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