Optical pulse compression schemes that use nonlinear bragg gratings

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-421

  Eggleton, Benjaminc J ^a   Lenz, G ^a   Litchinitser, Natalia M ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg solitons; Fiber gratings; Gap solitons; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Optical solitons; Photonic bandgap structure

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SOLITONS;

BRAGG SOLITONS; FIBER GRATINGS; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL SOLITONS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP STRUCTURES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0033658839     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014680300300001725     Document Type: Article

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