Multiplex frequency conversion of unamplified 30-fs Ti: Sapphire laser pulses by an array of waveguiding wires in a random-hole microstructure fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 6129-6134

  Hu, Minglie ^a   Wang, Ching Yue ^a   Li, Yanfeng ^a   Wang, Zhuan ^a   Chai, Lu ^a   Zheltikov, Aleksei M ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FUSED SILICA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM; WAVEGUIDES;

FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PUMP FIELDS; TUNABLE FREQUENCY CONVERSION; WAVEGUIDING WIRES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 11244340688     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.006129     Document Type: Article

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