Higher order soliton pulse compression in dispersion-decreasing optical fibers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1430-1438

  Pelusi, Mark D ^a,b   Liu, Hai Feng ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optical fiber applications; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical pulse compression; Optical solitons

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL SOLITONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE MODULATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031210801     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.605567     Document Type: Article

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