Spectrally smooth supercontinuum from 350 nm to 3 μm in sub-centimeter lengths of soft-glass photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4928-4934

  Omenetto, F G ^a   Wolchover, N A ^a   Wehner, M R ^b   Ross, M ^b   Efimov, A ^b   Taylor, A J ^b   Kumar, V V R K ^c   George, A K ^c   Knight, J C ^c   Joly, N Y ^d   Russell, P St J ^d  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR PULSE TRANSFORMATION; OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33744516913     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004928     Document Type: Article

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