Optical integrator for optical dark-soliton detection and pulse shaping

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6785-6791

  Ngo, Nam Quoc ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLITONS;

OPTICAL BELL-SHAPED PULSE; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; OPTICAL GAUSSIAN PULSES; OPTICAL PULSES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750160050     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006785     Document Type: Article

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