Multicomponent glass microstructured fibers for nonlinear applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6990, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kobelke, J ^a   Schuster, K ^a   Grimm, S ^a   Litzkendorf, D ^a   Kirchhof, J ^a   Schwuchow, A ^a   Bartelt, H ^a   Gebhardt, A ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VITRON Spezialwerkstoffe GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microstructured fiber; Multicomponent glass; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; CLADDING DESIGN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DOPED SILICA; FIBER CORES; FIBER TYPES; GE CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY ELEMENTS; LANTHANUM SILICATES; LOW LOSSES; MICRO-STRUCTURED FIBERS; MULTI COMPONENT GLASSES; NONLINEAR APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL NON LINEARITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); SILICA CAPILLARY; SILICA FIBERS; SPECIAL GLASSES; SYSTEM INTEGRATION (SI);

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLADDING (COATING); COMPUTER NETWORKS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER OPTICS; GERMANIUM; GLASS; LASER PULSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL GLASS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POWDERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

FIBERS;

EID: 45149122253     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.780172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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