Experimental study of the reversible behavior of modulational instability in optical fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 477-486

  Van Simaeys, Gaetan ^a   Emplit, Philippe ^a   Haelterman, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

MODULATION INSTABILITY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0141788384     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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