Soliton self-frequency shift, non-solitonic radiation and self-induced transparency in air-core fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4858-4865

  Gorbach, Andrey V ^a   Skryabin, Dmitry V ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AIR-CORE FIBERS; RAMAN RESPONSE; SELF-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; SPECTRAL TAILS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 41649083968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004858     Document Type: Article

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