High-intensity pulse propagation in uniform gratings and grating superstructures

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1494-1502

  De Sterke, C Martijn ^a,b,d,e,f   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^c   Krug, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian Photonics Coop Res Ctr   (Australia)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gratings; Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBG); NONLINEAR PULSE COMPRESSION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SOLITONS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031208040     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.618382     Document Type: Article

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