Nonlinear spectral broadening in solid-core Bragg fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2475-2481

  Dasgupta, Sonali ^a   Pal, Bishnu P ^a   Shenoy, M R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bragg fibers; Nonlinear optics; Supercontinuum (SC)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ENERGY GAP; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

BRAGG FIBER; CONTINUUM PULSE GENERATION; PULSE PROPAGATION; SUPERCONTINUUM;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34548629243     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.902738     Document Type: Article

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