Ten years of nonlinear optics in photonic crystal fibre

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Dudley, John M ^a   Taylor, J Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 59349090365     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.285     Document Type: Article

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