The comparison between experiment and calculation of the chirp-controlled Raman self-frequency shift in a photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1292-1294

  Karasawa, Naoki ^a   Tada, Kazuhiro ^a   Ohmori, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CHITOSE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical pulse propagation theory; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); Ultrabroadband optical pulse generation; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL PULSE PROPAGATION THEORY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; ULTRABROADBAND OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34548158704     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.902284     Document Type: Article

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