Supercontinuum generation from ∼1.9 to 4:5μm in ZBLAN fiber with high average power generation beyond 3:8μm using a thulium-doped fiber amplifier

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2486-2498

  Kulkarni, Ojas P ^a   Alexander, Vinay V ^a   Kumar, Malay ^a   Freeman, Michael J ^b   Islam, Mohammed N ^a,b   Terry Jr , Fred L ^a   Neelakandan, Manickam ^c   Chan, Allan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Omni Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c US Army Communications and Electronics Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ERBIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; THULIUM; WAVELENGTH; YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM; DINGER EQUATION; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; LASER OUTPUT; LONG WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK POWER; PUMP POWER; SPECTRAL SHIFTING; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS; THULIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; TIME-AVERAGE POWER; ZBLAN FIBER;

FIBERS;

EID: 80053513653     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002486     Document Type: Article

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