Generation of Cerenkov radiation at 850 nm in higher-order-mode fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8774-8780

  Cheng, Ji ^a   Lee, Jennifer H ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Xu, Chris ^a   Jespersen, Kim G ^b   Garmund, Martin ^b   Grüner Nielsen, Lars ^b   Jakobsen, Dan ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b OFS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICA;

AIR-CORE; ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CERENKOV RADIATION; HIGHER-ORDER-MODE; PULSE ENERGIES; SILICA-BASED FIBERS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79955392300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008774     Document Type: Article

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