Highly germanium and lanthanum modified silica based glasses in microstructured optical fibers for non-linear applications

Optical Materials

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1002-1006

  Kobelke, Jens ^a   Schuster, Kay ^a   Litzkendorf, Doris ^a   Schwuchow, Anka ^a   Kirchhof, Johannes ^a   Tombelaine, Vincent ^a   Bartelt, Hartmut ^a   Leproux, Philippe ^b   Couderc, Vincent ^b   Labruyere, Alexis ^b   Jamier, Raphael ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

High silica glass; Microstructured optical fiber; Supercontinuum

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM OXIDES; GLASS; LANTHANUM OXIDES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULLITE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); SINGLE MODE FIBERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

HIGH SILICA GLASS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; ND:YAG MICROCHIP LASERS; STACK-AND-DRAW TECHNIQUES; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SUPER CONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA;

SILICA;

EID: 84855188857     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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