Optical pulse generation using soliton-assisted time-lens compression

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1743-1748

  Hanna, Marc ^a   Lacourt, Pierre Ambroise ^a   Poinsot, Stéphane ^a   Dudley, John M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMAGE COMPRESSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLITONS;

OPTICAL GATINGS; PEAK-TO-PEAK PHASE SWING; PULSE COMPRESSION; PULSE PROPAGATION AND SOLITONS;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 17444374689     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001743     Document Type: Article

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