Nonlinear optical compression of Er3+-fiber amplified 1.5-μm laser diode pulses

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 500-507

  Chusseau, Laurent ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Delevaque, Éric ^b,j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e THALES   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g Inst d'Électron Fond   (France)

^h Ctr d'Lectronique M

ⁱ OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^j UNIV LILLE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLITONS;

FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATION; NONLINEAR SELF PHASE MODULATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030230639     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571750     Document Type: Article

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