A genetic algorithm based approach to fiber design for high coherence and large bandwidth supercontinuum generation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 19311-19327

  Zhang, Wen Qi ^a   Shahraam, Afshar V ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBERS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LIGHT VELOCITY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EFFECTIVE NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; FIBER STRUCTURES; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; MID INFRARED (MID IR); PULSE PROPAGATION MODEL; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; ZERO-GROUP VELOCITY;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 70350346270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019311     Document Type: Article

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