Fabrication and characterization of a chalcogenide-tellurite composite microstructure fiber with high nonlinearity

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 21608-21614

  Liao, Meisong ^a   Chaudhari, Chitrarekha ^a   Qin, Guanshi ^a   Yan, Xin ^a   Kito, Chihiro ^a   Suzuki, Takenobu ^a   Ohishi, Yasutake ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^b   Misumi, Takashi ^b  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Furukawa Denshi Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); GLASS; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURE; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURES; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; NEAR-INFRARED RANGE; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; NONLINEAR COMPOSITE; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA; ZERO-DISPERSION WAVELENGTH;

FIBERS;

EID: 72449157070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021608     Document Type: Article

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