Self-similarity in ultrafast nonlinear optics

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 597-603

  Dudley, John M ^a   Finot, Christophe ^b,c   Richardson, David J ^b   Millot, Guy ^c  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); OPTICAL FIBERS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; ARBITRARY INPUTS; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; OPTICAL SOLITON; PULSE SYNTHESIS; SELF-SIMILAR PULSE; SELF-SIMILARITIES; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 34548391390     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys705     Document Type: Review

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