Characterization of chromatic dispersion in photonic crystal fibers using scalar modulation instability

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8662-8670

  Joly, N Y ^b   Chen, A Y H ^a   Ha, S W ^a   Kruhlak, R J ^a   Murdoch, S G ^a   Leonhardt, R ^a   Harvey, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PUMP WAVES; SCALAR MODULATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 26844492193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008662     Document Type: Article

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