Supercontinimm generation in air-silica microstructured fibers with nanosecond and femtosecond pulse pumping

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 765-771

  Dudley, John M ^a   Provino, Laurent ^a   Grossard, Nicolas ^a   Maillotte, Hervé ^a   Windeler, Robert S ^b   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^b   Coen, Stéphane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA;

PHASE MATCHING;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 0000681894     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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