Modulation instability, Akhmediev Breathers and continuous wave supercontinuum generation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 21497-21508

  Dudley, J M ^a   Genty, G ^b   Dias, F ^c   Kibler, B ^d   Akhmediev, N ^e  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODULATION INSTABILITIES; NANOSECOND PULSE; SPECTRAL BROADENING;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

EID: 72449185633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021497     Document Type: Article

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