Influence of near-resonant self-phase modulation on pulse propagation in semiconductors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1360-1370

  Höner zu Siederdissen, Tilman ^a   Nielsen, Nils C ^a   Kuhl, Jürgen ^a   Giessen, Harald ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUNING;

FAST-SCANNING TECHNIQUE; PHASE-RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE PROPAGATION;

SELF PHASE MODULATION;

EID: 33749639868     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001360     Document Type: Article

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