Spatiotemporal instabilities in nonlinear bulk media with Bragg gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-54

  Litchinitser, Natalia M ^a,d   McKinstrie, Colin J ^b   De Sterke, C Martijn ^c   Agrawal, Govind P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE MODULATION;

SELF-PULSATIONS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0035578988     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000045     Document Type: Article

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