Extreme deceleration of the soliton self-frequency shift by the third-order dispersion in solid-core photonic bandgap fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2328-2335

  Vanvincq, O ^a   Kudlinski, A ^a   Betourne A ^a   Quiquempois, Y ^a   Bouwmans, G ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; SOLITONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; FIBER DESIGN; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SOLITON FREQUENCIES; SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT; SPECTRAL COMPRESSION; THIRD ORDER DISPERSION;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 78149401455     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002328     Document Type: Article

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