Pedestal suppression from compressed femtosecond pulses using a nonlinear fiber loop mirror

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 867-874

  Pelusi, M D ^a   Matsui, Y ^a   Suzuki, A ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS;

DISPERSION DECREASING FIBERS (DDF); NONLINEAR OPTICAL FIBER LOOP MIRRORS (NOLM); OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0032664542     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.766830     Document Type: Article

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