Phase matching for parametric amplification in a single-mode birefringent fiber: Influence of the non-phase-matched waves

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-125

  Lantz, Eric ^a   Gindre, Denis ^a   Maillotte, Hervé ^a   Monneret, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PHASE MODULATION;

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; MODULATION INSTABILITY; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; PHASE MATCHING; SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS; SINGLE MODE BIREFRINGENT FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030736363     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000116     Document Type: Article

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