Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, 1998, Vol.1, No.1-4, pp.55-61

NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
An Interdisciplinary Journal

1998, Volume 1, Number 1-4, pp.55-61

Localized Spatio-Temporal Structures in Bistable Nonlinear Optical Systems.
N.N. Rosanov

A review is given of localized structures of light, which are generated in spatially distributed optical bistable systems promising for optical information processing. I compare main features of these dissipative soliton-like structures ("optical autosolitons") and of the traditional optical solitons in transparent media.

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