Inelastic interchannel collisions of pulses in optical fibers in the presence of third-order dispersion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Peleg, Avner ^a   Chertkov, Michael ^a   Gabitov, Ildar ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLITONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INTERCHANNEL COLLISION; INTERCHANNEL FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE; THIRD ORDER DISPERSION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0346007923     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000018     Document Type: Article

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