Nonlinear modes, resonant trapping, and soliton emission in engineered PPLN structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1309-1316

  Baronio, Fabio ^a,b   De Angelis, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical phase matching; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; SOLITONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

PHASE MATCHING; RESONANT TRAPPING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0036795692     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.802956     Document Type: Article

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