Influence of ionization on ultrafast gas-based nonlinear fiber optics

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 21018-21027

  Chang, W ^a   Nazarkin, A ^a   Travers, J C ^a   Nold, J ^a   Holzer P ^a   Joly, N Y ^a,b   St Russell, P J ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

BLUE SHIFT; DEEP-UV; DISPERSIVE WAVES; FIELD EQUATION; HIGH ENERGY PULSE; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; IONIZATION STAGES; NONLINEAR FIBER OPTICS; ULTRA-FAST;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 80054004118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.021018     Document Type: Article

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