Experimental study on the role of chromatic dispersion in continuous-wave supercontinuum generation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-435

  Abrardi, Laura ^a   Martín López, Sonia ^a   Carrasco Sanz, Ana ^a   Rodríguez Barrios, Félix ^a   Corredera, Pedro ^a   Hernanz, Maria Luisa ^a   González Herraez, Miguel ^b  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion; Dispersive waves; Nonlinear optics; Soliton self frequency shift; Supercontinuum (SC)

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; COHERENT LIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBERS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; RING LASERS; SOLITONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DISPERSION COEFFICIENTS; DISPERSION-SHIFTED FIBERS; DISPERSIVE WAVES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIBER-RING LASERS; HIGH-POWER; HIGH-POWER DENSITIES; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIES; PUMPING WAVELENGTHS; SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT; SPECTRAL BROADENING; STANDARD FIBERS; SUPER-CONTINUUM GENERATIONS; SUPERCONTINUUM (SC); WAVELENGTH RANGES; ZERO-DISPERSION WAVELENGTHS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 61649085237     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.928211     Document Type: Article

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