Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation to 4.5 μm in ZBLAN fluoride fibers by nanosecond diode pumping

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2553-2555

  Xia, Chenan ^a   Kumar, Malay ^a   Kulkarni, Ojas P ^a   Islam, Mohammed N ^a   Terry Jr , Fred L ^a   Freeman, Mike J ^b   Poulain, Marcel ^c   Mazé, Gwenael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Omni Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c Campus KerLann ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE FIBERS; MATERIAL ABSORPTION; NANOSECOND DIODE PUMPING; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

ABSORPTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33750511941     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.002553     Document Type: Article

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