Polarization effects in a highly birefringent nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with two-zero dispersion wavelengths

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 20099-20105

  Chick, Brendan J ^a   Chon, James W M ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DISPERSION (WAVES); PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

FIBER BIREFRINGENCE; HIGH-ORDER DISPERSION; INPUT POLARIZATION; KERR NONLINEARITY; NONLINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; POLARIZATION ANGLE; POLARIZATION EFFECT; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 56749177312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020099     Document Type: Article

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