Chalcogenide microporous fibers for linear and nonlinear applications in the mid-infrared

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8647-8659

  Ung, Bora ^a   Skorobogatiy, Maksim ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DISPERSIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; MICROPOROSITY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS;

ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION; BLUE-SHIFTED; BULK MATERIALS; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; CORE DESIGN; DISPERSION ENGINEERING; INFRARED REGIONS; INTERACTION LENGTH; LASER LINES; LOW LOSS; MICROPOROUS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; MICROWIRE; MIDINFRARED; NON-LINEAR MEDIA; NONLINEAR APPLICATIONS; PULSED CO; RAMAN RESPONSE; RED-SHIFTED; SPECTRAL REGION; SUPERCONTINUUM; TIME CONSTANTS; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS;

FIBERS;

EID: 77950889325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008647     Document Type: Article

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