Nonlinear pulse propagation in birefringent fiber Bragg Gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 418-432

  Pereira, Suresh ^a   Sipe, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SOLITONS;

ALL-OPTICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSE PROPAGATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0042744299     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.3.000418     Document Type: Article

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