title: New modelling applications for Helmholtz soliton theory: from single interfaces to waveguide arrays
abstract: This thesis details an exploration of the behaviour of spatial optical solitons (self-collimated, self-stabilising light beams) interacting with the interface between classes of nonlinear dielectric materials.&#13;\nChapter 1 gives the theoretical background to the thesis by introducing the soliton concept, material interfaces and the Helmholtz model. &#13;\nThe second chapter discusses the reflection and refraction characteristics of soliton beams incident on the planar boundary between dissimi
journal: University of Salford Institutional Repository (University of Salford)