White-light supercontinuum generation in normally dispersive optical fiber using original multi-wavelength pumping system

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4366-4371

  Champert, Pierre Alain ^a   Couderc, Vincent ^a   Leproux, Philippe ^a   Février, Sébastien ^a   Tombelaine, Vincent ^a   Labonté, Laurent ^a   Roy, Philippe ^a   Froehly, Claude ^a   Nérin, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b Parc Euromedecine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEGUIDES;

MULTISTRUCTURED FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; ZERO DISPERSION WAVELENGTH (ZDW);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 6344260135     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004366     Document Type: Article

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