Control of pulse-to-pulse fluctuations in visible supercontinuum

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 27445-27454

  Kudlinski, A ^a   Barviau, B ^a   Leray, A ^b   Spriet, C ^b   Heliot L ^b   Mussot, A ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

GROUP INDEX; LONG PULSE; MODULATION INSTABILITIES; NEW SOURCES; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; SPECTRAL POWER DENSITY; SUPERCONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM PULSE; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 78650569668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.027445     Document Type: Article

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