Light trapping in gravity-like potentials and expansion of supercontinuum spectra in photonic-crystal fibres

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 653-657

  Gorbach, A V ^a   Skryabin, D V ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT ACCELERATION; DISPERSIVE WAVE GENERATION; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PULSE; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; RADIATION TRAPPING; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; OPTICAL PUMPING; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

SOLITONS;

EID: 35748983522     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.202     Document Type: Article

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