A suspended core nanofiber with unprecedented large diameter ratio of holey region to core

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9088-9097

  Liao, Meisong ^a   Chaudhari, Chitrarekha ^a   Yan, Xin ^a   Qin, Guanshi ^a   Kito, Chihiro ^a   Suzuki, Takenobu ^a   Ohishi, Yasutake ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; GLASS; HARMONIC GENERATION; NANOFIBERS; NANOWIRES; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS;

AT-WAVELENGTH; CONFINEMENT LOSS; CORE DIAMETERS; DIAMETER RATIO; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASERS; FIBER-DRAWING PROCESS; GLASS MATERIALS; LARGE DIAMETER; NANO-STRUCTURED; NITROGEN GAS; POSITIVE PRESSURE; SINGLE MODE; THIRD HARMONIC GENERATIONS; WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT;

FABRICATION;

EID: 77952021636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009088     Document Type: Article

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