Effects of intermodal dispersion on short pulse propagation in an active nonlinear two-core fiber coupler

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1080-1082

  Liu, M ^a   Shum, P ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active coupler; Gain bandwidth; Intermodal dispersion; Two core fiber

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ACTIVE NONLINEAR TWO CORE FIBER COUPLER; GAIN BANDWIDTH; INTERMODAL DISPERSION EFFECTS; SHORPT PULSE PROPAGATION; TWO CORE FIBER;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 1942532780     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824994     Document Type: Article

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