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New Directions in Guided Wave and Coherent Optics

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Optical fibers are usually considered to be passive(3) or linear media. In actual fact, optical fibers can exhibit wavelength conversion and other nonlinear optical effects at powers as low as a few milliwats.

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    E. Spitz (Director of the Thomson-CSF) (Director of the Thomson-CSF)

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Stolen, R.H. (1984). Active Fibers. In: Ostrowsky, D.B., Spitz, E. (eds) New Directions in Guided Wave and Coherent Optics. NATO ASI Series, vol 78/79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9550-1_1

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