Ultrashort soliton generation through higher-order soliton compression in a nonlinear optical loop mirror constructed from dispersion-decreasing fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1346-1355

  Wai, P K A ^a   Cao, Wen Hua ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Wuyi University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PULSE-COMPRESSION EFFECTS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0038239162     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001346     Document Type: Article

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