Defect modes and homogenization of periodic schrödinger operators

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 971-996

  Hoefer, M A ^a   Weinstein, M I ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue bifurcation; Lyapunov Schmidt reduction; Multiple scales; Spectral band edge

Indexed keywords

DEFECT MODE; EFFECTIVE MASS; EIGEN-VALUE; EIGENVALUES; LYAPUNOV-SCHMIDT REDUCTION; MULTIPLE SCALE; SPECTRAL BAND;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 79957533709     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100807302     Document Type: Article

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