Narrowband supercontinuum control using phase shaping

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 13142-13150

  Austin, Dane R ^a   Bolger, Jeremy A ^a   De Sterke, C Martijn ^a   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^a   Brown, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE CONTROL; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SUPERCONTINUUM ENHANCEMENTS; UNIFORM FIBERS;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 33845750545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.013142     Document Type: Article

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