Supercontinuum generation by higher-order mode excitation in a photonic crystal fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 2147-2152

  Cherif, R ^a   Zghal, M ^a   Tartara, L ^b   Degiorgio, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTOFF FREQUENCY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; SOLITONS; WAVELENGTH;

MODE EXCITATION; SOLITON FISSION; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 39049166027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002147     Document Type: Article

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