Dipole and quadrupole solitons in optically induced two-dimensional photonic lattices: Theory and experiment

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-412

  Yang, Jianke ^a   Makasyuk, Igor ^b   Bezryadina, Anna ^b   Chen, Zhigang ^b  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; LATTICE THEORY; OPTICAL LATTICES; PHOTONICS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPIC EFFECTS; DIPOLE SOLITONS; DIPOLE-QUADRUPOLE; IN-PHASE; LOW-INTENSITY; OPTICALLY INDUCED; OUT OF PHASE; PHOTOREFRACTIVES; QUADRUPOLES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

SOLITONS;

EID: 8744279210     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2526.2004.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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