Generation of localized pulses from incoherent wave in optical fiber lines made of concatenated Mamyshev regenerators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1537-1547

  Pitois, Stéphane ^a   Finot, Christophe ^a   Provost, Lionel ^b   Richardson, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE MODULATION; SELF PHASE MODULATION;

IN-FIBER; INCOHERENT WAVES; LIMIT-CYCLE; OPTICAL FIBER LINES; RANDOM SEQUENCE; SPECTRAL FILTERING;

REGENERATORS;

EID: 57049139808     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001537     Document Type: Article

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