Nonlinear interaction of two or more similaritons in loss- and dispersion-managed fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 983-989

  Ponomarenko, Sergey A ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; PHASE MODULATION; SOLITONS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; DISPERSION MANAGED FIBERS; NON-LINEAR FIBER; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; RELATIVE PHASE; SIMILARITONS; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY;

FIBERS;

EID: 50449084701     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000983     Document Type: Article

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