Evolution of light trapped by a soliton in a microstructured fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13588-13601

  Hill, S ^a   Kuklewicz, C E ^a   Leonhardt, U ^a   Konig F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEW-CYCLE PULSE; INPUT PULSE ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; NORMAL DISPERSION; PULSE TRAPPING; SUPER CONTINUUM; TRAPPING DYNAMICS; ZERO-GROUP VELOCITY;

SOLITONS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 68349137790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013588     Document Type: Article

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