Soliton compression of femtosecond pulses in quadratic media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2505-2510

  Ashihara, S ^a   Nishina, J ^a   Shimura, T ^a   Kuroda, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SOLITONS;

SOLITON COMPRESSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0038765224     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002505     Document Type: Article

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