Supercontinuum Generation in a Highly Nonlinear Fiber Using a Continuous Wave Pump

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2003, Pages 561-562

  Abeeluck, A ^a   Brar, K ^a   Bouteiller, J ^a   Headley, C ^a   Radic, S ^b  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVEGUIDES; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBERS; LASER EXCITATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PUMPING (LASER); STIMULATED EMISSION; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING (SRS); SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CONTINUOUS WAVE PUMP; CONTINUOUS-WAVE RAMAN FIBER LASERS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; POWER STABILITY; PUMP LASER; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1642424293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2003.315896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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