Experiments and applications of soliton physics
Abstract
Solitons are everywhere in the nature. Various soliton phenomena are surveyed, after giving the mathematical foundation to define solitons. Laboratory devices for the studies of plasma soliton phenomena are described together with experimental results. The most interesting application of soliton physics is illustrated in the discussion of soliton propagation in optical fibers. Topics on chaotic behavior in nonlinear dynamical systems are also briefly discussed.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Fourth Tropical Coll. on Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- June 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990apph.coll.....I
- Keywords:
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- Mathematical Models;
- Optical Fibers;
- Plasmas (Physics);
- Solitary Waves;
- Dynamical Systems;
- Fiber Optics;
- Nonlinear Systems;
- Surveys;
- Wave Propagation;
- Plasma Physics