Stimulated Raman scattering in soft glass fluoride fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2310-2313

  Petersen, Christian ^a   Dupont, Sune ^a   Agger, Christian ^b   Thøgersen, Jan ^a   Bang, Ole ^b   Keiding, Søren Rud ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE FIBERS; PEAK GAIN; PUMP WAVELENGTH; RAMAN GAIN; SOFT GLASS;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 80053529070     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002310     Document Type: Article

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