Spectral transformation of femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser pulses in a flint-glass photonic-crystal fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6823-6830

  Fedotov, A B ^a   Serebryannikov, E E ^a   Ivanov, A A ^b   Zheltikov, A M ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b PHOTOCHEMISTRY CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; FOUR WAVE MIXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONS; SOLITONS;

ATTENUATION LENGTH; CR:FORSTERITE LASER PULSES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM EMISSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33750152161     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006823     Document Type: Article

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