Soliton Management in Periodic Systems

by Boris A. Malomed

Book Overview

In a field of study that is still in intensive development, this book provides a unique and informative snapshot of the state of the art. The volume opens with a review of the existence of robust solitons and soliton-like solitary pulses in systems built as a periodic concatenation of very different elements. Among the most famous examples are the dispersion management (DM) in fiber-optic telecommunication links, and more recently, photonic crystals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441938176
• ISBN13: 9781441938176
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"