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Cross-Phase Modulation: A New Technique for Controlling the Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Properties of Ultrashort Pulses

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The chapter focus on self-phase modulation, cross-phase modulation (XPM)processes, white-light supercontinuum, modulation instability for SRS, SHG, and four-wave mixing properties of beams for different XPM applications for computation, defection, and coding of beams in communication for wide spectral from UV to THz.

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    P. L. Baldeck

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, USA

    P. P. Ho

  3. Department of Physics, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, USA

    Robert R. Alfano

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Baldeck, P.L., Ho, P.P., Alfano, R.R. (2022). Cross-Phase Modulation: A New Technique for Controlling the Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Properties of Ultrashort Pulses. In: Alfano, R.R. (eds) The Supercontinuum Laser Source. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06197-4_4

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