Nonlinear waveguide optics and photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 15365-15376

  Knight, J C ^a   Skryabin, D V ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INTERACTION LENGTHS; NONLINEAR WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PROPAGATION CONSTANTS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 36248995335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015365     Document Type: Article

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