coexistence of josephson oscillations and self trapping in optical waveguide arrays ramaz khomeriki...

Coexistence of Josephson Oscillations and Coexistence of Josephson Oscillations and Self Trapping in Optical Waveguide ArraysSelf Trapping in Optical Waveguide Arrays

Ramaz Khomeriki

Dipartimento di Energetica ‘‘S. Stecco’’ and CSDC, Università di Firenze, and INFN, Via S. Marta, 3, 50139 Firenze, ITALY

Physics Department, Tbilisi State University, 0128 Tbilisi, GEORGIA

In collaboration with

Jerome Leon (Montpellier, FRANCE)

Stefano Ruffo (Firenze, ITALY)

Sandro Wimberger (Pisa, ITALY)

S.M. Jensen, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. v. 18, 1580, (1982).

M. Albiez, R. Gati, J. Folling, S. Hunsmann, M. Cristiani, M. K. Oberthaler, PRL, v. 95, 010402 (2005)

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