Temporal control of vector soliton bunching by slow/fast saturable absorption

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Gumenyuk, Regina ^a   Okhotnikov, Oleg G ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLITONS; YARN;

ABSORPTION RECOVERY; ATTRACTIVE FORCE; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SOLITON BUNCHES; SOLITON INTERACTIONS; TEMPORAL CONTROLS; VECTOR SOLITON;

SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

EID: 84855393335     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000001     Document Type: Article

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