Nanoscale nonlinear optics in photonic-crystal fibres

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Zheltikov, Aleksei ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Photonic crystal fibres; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LIGHT SOURCES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

NANOCHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBRES; SMALL-SIZE WAVEGUIDES; SUBMICROMETRE WAVEGUIDING CHANNELS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33645408577     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/4/S04     Document Type: Review

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