1.2- to 2.2-μm tunable Raman soliton source based on a Cr : Forsterite laser and a photonic-crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 900-902

  Chan, Ming Che ^a   Chia, Shih Hsuan ^a   Liu, Tzu Ming ^a   Tsai, Tsung Han ^a   Ho, Min Chen ^a   Ivanov, Anatoly A ^b   Zheltikov, Aleksei M ^c   Liu, Jiun Yi ^d   Liu, Hsiang Lin ^d   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PHOTOCHEMISTRY CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lasers tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

CR : FORSTERITE LASER; FEMTOSECOND LIGHT SOURCES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-POWER; HIGHLY NONLINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; LOW COSTS; OPTICAL SOLITON; PUMP LASER; RAMAN SOLITON; SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT; TUNABILITIES; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; WAVELENGTH-TUNING RANGE;

CHROMIUM; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; LIGHT SOURCES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OLIVINE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLITONS; TUNING;

LIGHT;

EID: 57349179387     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.922339     Document Type: Article

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