High-order soliton breakup and soliton self-frequency shifts in a microstructured optical fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1484-1489

  Banaee, M G ^a   Young, Jeff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLITONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

HIGH-ORDER SOLITON BREAKUP; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBER; SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFTS; ULTRASHORT PULSE PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33749637898     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001484     Document Type: Article

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