Controlling nonlinear processes in microstructured fibers using shaped pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4731-4741

  Xu, Shengbo ^a   Reitze, D H ^a   Windeler, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; LASER PULSES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PULSE ENERGY; PULSE SHAPING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 9144260708     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004731     Document Type: Article

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