Broadband IR supercontinuum generation using single crystal sapphire fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4085-4093

  Kim, Jae Hun ^a   Chen, Meng Ku ^a   Yang, Chia En ^a   Lee, Jon ^a   Yin, Stuart ^a   Ruffin, Paul ^b   Edwards, Eugene ^b   Brantley, Christina ^b   Luo, Claire ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

^c General Opto Solutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; INFRARED SPECTROGRAPHS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SAPPHIRE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

MULTI SPECTRUM FREE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; SAPPHIRE FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; LIGHTING;

EID: 41149108737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004085     Document Type: Article

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