Stable UV to IR supercontinuum generation in calcium fluoride withconserved circular polarization states

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 21488-21496

  Johnson, Philip J M ^a   Prokhorenko, Valentyn I ^a   Miller, R J Dwayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; FIBER LASERS; PUMPS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION STATE; CRYSTAL PLATES; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; LINEARLY POLARIZED; NEAR-IR; NEW SOURCES; OUTPUT PARAMETERS; POLARIZED BEAMS; SUPERCONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WHITE LIGHT;

POLARIZATION;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 72449151683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021488     Document Type: Article

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