Geometrical study of a hexagonal lattice photonic crystal fiber for efficient femtosecond laser grating inscription

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7705-7716

  Baghdasaryan, Tigran ^a   Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AIR HOLES; COUPLING PROCESS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FIGURE OF MERIT; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; LASER LIGHTS; OPTICAL POWER; ORIENTATION ANGLES; TRANSVERSE COUPLING; TRANSVERSE PROPAGATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 79953878364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007705     Document Type: Article

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