Supercontinuum generation in submicron fibre waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2864-2869

  Leon Saval, S G ^a   Birks, T A ^a   Wadsworth, W J ^a   Russell, P St J ^a   Mason, M W ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); MICROSTRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; SILICA;

FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION; MICROCHIP LASER; SUPERCONTINUUM; TAPERING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 4644357253     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002864     Document Type: Article

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