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Dissipative Solitons: From Optics to Biology and Medicine

By N. Akhmediev , A. Ankiewicz (auth.) , Adrian Ankiewicz , Nail Akhmediev (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
3540782168, 9783540782162
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-78217-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16548288 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 751
Edition
1
Pages
479\484
Topic
Physics Optics
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2014-11-16 19:59:53
Applications of Mathematics; Neurobiology; QuantumNonlinear Optics; Laser Technology and PhysicsPhotonicsQuantum Electronics

Description

The dissipative soliton concept is a fundamental extension of the concept of solitons in conservative and integrable systems. It includes ideas from three major sources, namely standard soliton theory developed since the 1960s, nonlinear dynamics theory, and Prigogine's ideas of systems far from equilibrium. These three sources also correspond to the three component parts of this novel paradigm. This book explains the above principles in detail and gives the reader various examples from optics, biology and medicine. These include laser systems, optical transmission lines, cortical networks, models of muscle contraction, localized vegetation structures and waves in brain tissues.

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