Study of non-solitonic blue-green radiation generated in mm-long photonic crystal fibres

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6187, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Amorim, Alexandra A ^a,b   Crespo, Helder M ^a   Miranda, Miguel ^a   Silva, João L ^a   Bernardo, Luís M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anomalous dispersion; Non solitonic radiation; Photonic crystal fibres; Supercontinuum

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DISPERSIONS; FUSED SILICA; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SAPPHIRE; SOLITONS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSIONS; NON-SOLITONIC RADIATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRES; SUPERCONTINUUM;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 33746724794     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.662814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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