Broadband supercontinuum generation covering UV to mid-IR region by using three pumping sources in single crystal sapphire fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 14792-14800

  Kim, Jae Hun ^a   Chen, Meng Ku ^a   Yang, Chia En ^a   Lee, Jon ^a   Shi, Kebin ^a   Liu, Zhiwen ^a   Yin, Stuart ^a   Reichard, Karl ^b   Ruffin, Paul ^c   Edwards, Eugene ^c   Brantley, Christina ^c   Luo, Claire ^d  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

^d General Opto Solutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE MODULATION; PUMPS; SAPPHIRE; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CORE DIAMETERS; LARGE MODE AREA; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PUMPING SOURCE; SAPPHIRE FIBER; SINGLE CRYSTAL SAPPHIRE FIBERS; SUPER CONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 51849117349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014792     Document Type: Article

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