Microstructured chalcogenide optical fibers from As2S 3 glass: Towards new IR broadband sources

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 26655-26665

  El Amraoui, M ^a   Gadret, G ^a   Jules, J C ^a   Fatome, J ^a   Fortier, C ^a   Desevedavy F ^a   Skripatchev, I ^b   Messaddeq, Y ^b   Troles, J ^c   Brilland, L ^d   Gao, W ^e   Suzuki, T ^e   Ohishi, Y ^e   Smektala, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^d Perfos   (France)

^e TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GLASS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ALL OPTICAL REGENERATION; ARSENIC SULFIDE; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BROAD-BAND SPECTRUM; BROADBAND SOURCES; CHALCOGENIDE OPTICAL FIBERS; DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS; FEMTOSECONDS; HIGH PURITY; LOW LOSS; MECHANICAL DRILLING; MICROSTRUCTURED; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

FIBERS;

ARSENIC TRISULFIDE; CHALCOGEN; GLASS; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW;

ARSENICALS; CHALCOGENS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GLASS; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHTING; MINIATURIZATION; SULFIDES;

EID: 78650063459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.026655     Document Type: Article

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