Slow light achieved by non-instantaneous modulation instability

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Chou, Chih Shiang ^a   Shih, Ming Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chaos and modulation instability; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

CHAOS AND MODULATION INSTABILITY; FOURIER DECOMPOSITION; GROUP VELOCITIES; LIGHT PULSE; MODULATION INSTABILITIES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; SELF-FOCUSING; SLOW LIGHT;

LIGHT VELOCITY; MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; STABILITY;

LIGHT;

EID: 70449558743     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/10/105204     Document Type: Article

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