Mid-IR supercontinuum (SC) generation in ZBLAN fiber pumped by Tm-doped amplifier with fused silica SC input

2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kulkarni, Ojas ^a   Alexander, Vinay ^a   Kumar, Malay ^a   Islam, Mohammed N ^a,b   Freeman, Michael J ^b   Terry, Fred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Omni Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS; TM-DOPED; ZBLAN FIBER;

OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 80052134747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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