Ultra-broad and coherent white light generation in silica glass by focused femtosecond pulses at 1.5 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5731-5738

  Saliminia, A ^a   Chin, S L ^a   Vallee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FUSED SILICA; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SAPPHIRE; SOLID STATE LASERS; TITANIUM;

COHERENT WHITE LIGHT GENERATION; FOCUSED FEMTOSECOND PULSES; LIGHT PATTERNS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 23744487808     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005731     Document Type: Article

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