Spatial solitons in Kerr and Kerr-like media

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作者
Akhmediev, NN [1 ]
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[1] Australian Natl Univ, Ctr Opt Sci, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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10.1023/A:1006902715737
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This is a review paper of basic knowledge and recent advances in the area of spatial solitons in Kerr and Kerr-like media. We consider spatial bright and dark solitons, solitons in waveguide geometries, optical bullets, vortex solitons and, briefly, dissipative cases, In our treatment, we use a Hamiltonian approach when considering stability Issues.
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