Silica-based functional fibers with enhanced nonlinearity and their applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1385-1391

  Okuno, Toshiaki ^a   Onishi, Masashi ^a   Kashiwada, Tomonori ^a   Ishikawa, Shinji ^a   Nishimura, Masayuki ^a  

^a SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA;

DISPERSION-DECREASING FIBERS; DISPERSION-FLATTENED FIBERS; SILICA-BASED OPTICAL FIBERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0033325541     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.806765     Document Type: Article

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