Optical pulse compression in dispersion decreasing photonic crystal fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 13203-13211

  Travers, J C ^a   Stone, J M ^b   Rulkov, A B ^a   Cumberland, B A ^a   George, A K ^b   Popov, S V ^a   Knight, J C ^b   Taylor, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLITONS; WAVELENGTH;

DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 35148890657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013203     Document Type: Article

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