Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 12, 2443(2021)

Femtosecond nonlinear losses in multimode optical fibers

Mario Ferraro1、*, Fabio Mangini2, Mario Zitelli1, Alessandro Tonello3, Antonio De Luca4,5, Vincent Couderc3, and Stefan Wabnitz1,6
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Information Engineering, Electronics, and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
  • 2Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
  • 3Université de Limoges, XLIM, UMR CNRS 7252, 123 Avenue A. Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France
  • 4Physics Department, University of Calabria, I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
  • 5CNR Nanotec-Institute of Nanotechnology, S.S. Cosenza, I-87036 Rende, CS, Italy
  • 6CNR-INO, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Via Campi Flegrei 34, I-80078 Pozzuoli, NA, Italy
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    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Mar. 29, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 23, 2021

    Published Online: Nov. 15, 2021

    The Author Email: Mario Ferraro (mario.ferraro@uniroma1.it)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.425878

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