Femtosecond soliton pulse delivery at 800nm wavelength in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 835-840

  Luan, F ^a   Knight, J C ^a   Russell, P St J ^a   Campbell, S ^b   Xiao, D ^b   Reid, D T ^b   Mangan, B J ^c   Williams, D P ^c   Roberts, P J ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLITONS;

FEMTOSECOND SOLITONS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; PULSE PROPAGATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 2942744772     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000835     Document Type: Article

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