Enhanced χ(3) interactions of unamplified femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser pulses in photonic-crystal fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2183-2190

  Naumov, Aleksandr N ^a   Fedotov, Andrei B ^a   Zheltikov, Aleksei M ^a   Yakovlev, Vladislav V ^b   Mel'nikov, Leonid A ^c   Beloglazov, Valentin I ^d   Skibina, Nina B ^d   Shcherbakov, Andrei V ^d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Inst Glass Struct Technol/Equip   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE MODULATION;

CHIRP CONTROL;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0001094288     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002183     Document Type: Article

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