Spatial solitons in photorefractive materials: a review

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Boardman, AD [1 ]
Bontemps, P [1 ]
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[1] Univ Salford, Dept Phys, Joule Lab, Photon & Nonlinear Sci Grp, Salford M5 4WT, Lancs, England
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TERNARY AND MULTINARY COMPOUNDS | 1998年 / 152卷
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
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Some types of spatial solitons in refractive materials are reviewed, in the light of a recent upsurge of interest in this area. The fundamental equations are given in accessible form and a survey of experimental evidence is presented. The emphasis, throughout, is on the bright envelope solitons in photorefractive media but some discussion is given of possible applications, including optical switching.
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