Supercontinuum generation by nanosecond dual-wavelength pumping in microstructured optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 7914-7923

  Raikkonen E ^a   Genty, G ^a   Kimmelma, O ^a   Kaivola, M ^a   Hansen, K P ^b   Buchter, S C ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^c Arctic Photonics   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

DUAL-WAVELENGTH PUMPING; NANOSECOND PULSES; PHASE MODULATION PROCESSES; SPECTRAL EVOLUTION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33747764553     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.007914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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