self-phase modulation

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self-phase modulation [¦self ‚fāz ‚mäj·ə′lā·shən]

(optics)

The temporal action of a medium whose index of refraction increases with increasing optical intensity on time-varying optical signals or pulses, whereby the rising front edge of the pulse is shifted to lower frequencies and the rear of the pulse is shifted to higher frequencies.

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