Supercontinuum generation with 200 pJ laser pulses in an extruded SF6 fiber at 1560 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3196-3201

  Hundertmark, Holger ^a   Kracht, Dietmar ^a   Wandt, Dieter ^a   Fallnich, Carsten ^a   Kumar, V V Ravi Kanth ^b   George, A K ^b   Knight, J C ^b   Russell, P St J ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

FIBER OSCILLATORS; OCTAVE SPANNING; REPETITION RATE; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2942735109     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.003196     Document Type: Article

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