A tellurite nanowire with long suspended struts for low-threshold single-mode supercontinuum generation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-199

  Liao, Meisong ^a   Qin, Guanshi ^a   Yan, Xin ^a   Suzuki, Takenobu ^a   Ohishi, Yasutake ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

nanotechnology; Nonlinear optics; optical fiber fabrication; ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; CONFINEMENT LOSS; CUTOFF WAVELENGTHS; GLASS CLADDING; HIGH NONLINEARITY; INFLATION PRESSURES; LOW THRESHOLDS; NITROGEN GAS; NON-LINEAR DEVICES; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; PEAK POWER; PICOSECONDS; PUMP PULSE; PUMP WAVELENGTH; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE MODE PROPAGATION; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CLADDING (COATING); FIBER LASERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; NITROGEN; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; STRUTS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 78751652517     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2093869     Document Type: Article

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