Mid-infrared spectral broadening in an ultrafast laser inscribed gallium lanthanum sulphide waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1545-1551

  McCarthy, John E ^a   Bookey, Henry T ^a   Psaila, Nicholas D ^b   Thomson, Robert R ^a   Kar, Ajoy K ^a  

^a School of Engineering and Physical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b OPTOSCRIBE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INFRARED DEVICES; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; WAVEGUIDES;

MIDINFRARED; SINGLE MODE; SPECTRAL BROADENING;

INFRARED LASERS;

GALLIUM; GLASS FIBER; LANTHANUM; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GALLIUM; INFRARED RAYS; LANTHANUM; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SULFIDES;

EID: 84855942621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.001545     Document Type: Article

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