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Nonlinear optics became an important field of research with the invention of the laser in the early 1960s. In nonlinear optics, because of the...



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Figure 1.Pulses in an optical fiber. (a) Ordinary dispersive pulse, which is broadened in time as it propagates along the fiber. (b) Soliton pulse, which does not alter its temporal width.
Figure 2.Nonlinear optical loop mirror.
Figure 3.Wavelength conversion. (a) Apparatus. (b) Spectrum of wavelengths.