Nonlinear optics in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 5035-5047

  Bhagwat, Amar R ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

CONVENTIONAL FIBERS; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC-BANDGAP FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 41649106262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005035     Document Type: Article

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