Intensity and polarization dependences of the supercontinuum generation in birefringent and highly nonlinear microstructured fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 3338-3345

  Proulx, Antoine ^a   Ménard, Jean Michel ^a   Hô, Nicolas ^a   Laniel, Jacques M ^a   Vallée, Réal ^a   Paré, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAMAN SCATTERING;

POLARIZATION CONTROL; PULSE PROPAGATION; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SUPERCONTINUUM;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2942714999     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.003338     Document Type: Article

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