Modulation Instability in Supercontinuum Generation Using the Photonic Crystal Fiber Pumped by Quasi-Continuum Wave

Zhang Ying; Zhao Wei; Yang Zhi; Wang Yishan; Li Chen; Fang Ping

doi:10.3788/gzxb20103904.0639

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