Experimental evidence of dissipative spatial solitons in an optical passive Kerr cavity

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Odent, V ^a   Taki, M ^a   Louvergneaux, E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATIVE SOLITONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIELD DYNAMICS; INTRACAVITIES; KERR CAVITIES; KERR-LIKE MEDIUM; LOCALIZED STRUCTURES; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 83655164023     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/11/113026     Document Type: Article

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