Hollow-core photonic crystal fibres for gas-based nonlinear optics

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 278-286

  Russell, P St J ^a   Holzer P ^a   Chang, W ^a   Abdolvand, A ^a   Travers, J C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SOLITONS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CAPILLARY-BASED SYSTEMS; COMPRESSION DEVICES; EFFECTIVE NONLINEARITIES; HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRE; SOLITON COMPRESSION; SPECTRAL BROADENING; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84897125624     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.312     Document Type: Review

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