Transformation and control of ultra-short pulses in dispersion-engineered photonic crystal fibres

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6948, 2003, Pages 511-515

  Reeves, W H ^a   Skryabin, D V ^a   Biancalana, F ^a   Knight, J C ^a   Russell, P St J ^a   Omenetto, F G ^b   Efimov, A ^c   Taylor, A J ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; WAVE EQUATION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DISPERSION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0042525712     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01798     Document Type: Article

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