Fiber supercontinuum sources (Invited)

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1771-1785

  Genty, Goëry ^a   Coen, Stéphane ^b   Dudley, John M ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR SPECTRAL BROADENING; OPTICAL FIBER SUPERCONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM COHERENCE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34548606401     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001771     Document Type: Review

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