Theory of dispersive wave frequency shift via trapping by a soliton in an axially nonuniform optical fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2195-2202

  Judge, Alexander C ^a   Bang, Ole ^b   Martijn De Sterke, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLITONS;

ANALYTICAL THEORY; BLUE SHIFT; DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; DISPERSIVE WAVES; GROUP VELOCITIES; NONUNIFORM; RAMAN SOLITON; RED SHIFT; TRAPPING MECHANISMS;

FIBERS;

EID: 78149399667     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002195     Document Type: Article

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