Nonlinear dynamics of femtosecond supercontinuum generation with feedback

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 15827-15841

  Kues, Michael ^a   Brauckmann, Nicoletta ^a   Walbaum, Till ^a   Groß, Petra ^a   Fallnich, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; OPTICAL PUMPING;

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FEMTOSECONDS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; OPERATION MODE; PARAMETER RANGE; PERIOD DOUBLING; PERIODIC BEHAVIOR; STEADY STATE;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

EID: 69949102902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015827     Document Type: Article

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