Influence of external phase and gain-loss modulation on bound solitons in laser systems

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2204-2210

  Chang, Wonkeun ^a   Akhmediev, Nail ^a   Wabnitz, Stefan ^b   Taki, Majid ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLITONS;

CUBIC-QUINTIC GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATION; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; EXTERNAL MODULATION; GAIN-LOSS MODULATIONS; HYSTERESIS PHENOMENON; MODULATION AMPLITUDES; PERIODIC POTENTIALS; SOLITON SEPARATION;

MODULATION;

EID: 70450184486     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002204     Document Type: Article

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