Phase conjugation driven by orthogonal pump waves in birefringent fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1437-1446

  McKinstrie, C J ^a   Radic, S ^a   Xie, C ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PUMP WAVES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0041308386     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001437     Document Type: Article

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