Compression of realistic laser pulses in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-791

  Lægsgaard, Jesper ^a   Roberts, Peter John ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ENERGY GAP; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SOLITONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

HIGH QUALITY; HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC BAND-GAP FIBERS; NARROW BANDS; PARABOLIC PULSE; PICO-SECOND PULSE; POWER-SCALING; PULSE QUALITY; SOLITON-LIKE;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 65249146112     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000783     Document Type: Article

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