Collisions between similaritons in optical fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7653-7665

  Finot, C ^a   Millot, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PHASE MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; PARABOLIC FORM; SINUSOIDAL MODULATION; TEMPORAL WIDTH;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 25144436573     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007653     Document Type: Article

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