Initial development of supercontinuum in fibers with anomalous dispersion pumped by nanosecond - Long pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2636-2645

  Korneev, N ^a   Kuzin, E A ^a   Ibarra Escamilla, B ^a   Flores Rosas, M Bello Jiménez A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER PULSES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

RAMAN INTERACTION; SUPERCONTINUUM FORMATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 39749130390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002636     Document Type: Article

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