Cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating analysis of broadband continuum generation in photonic crystal fiber: Simulations and experiments

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 1215-1221

  Dudley, John M ^a   Gu, Xun ^b   Xu, Lin ^b   Kimmel, Mark ^b   Zeek, Erik ^b   O'Shea, Patrick ^b   Trebino, Rick ^b   Coen, Stéphane ^c   Windeler, Robert S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTALS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHOTONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MICROSTRUCTURE FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0012412640     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.001215     Document Type: Article

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