Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 31, Issue 4, 419001(2011)
Soliton-Effect Pulse Compression in a Dispersion-Decreasing Fiber-Based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
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Cao Wenhua, Xu Ping, Liu Songhao. Soliton-Effect Pulse Compression in a Dispersion-Decreasing Fiber-Based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2011, 31(4): 419001
Category: Nonlinear Optics
Received: Sep. 6, 2010
Accepted: --
Published Online: Mar. 30, 2011
The Author Email: Wenhua Cao (wcao@szu.edu.cn)