Nonlinear polarization dynamics in a weakly birefringent all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber: Toward a practical coherent fiber supercontinuum laser

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1113-1128

  Tu, Haohua ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Liu, Xiaomin ^b   Turchinovich, Dmitry ^b   Lægsgaard, Jesper ^b   Boppart, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

ADVERSE EFFECT; CORE SIZE; DINGER EQUATION; FIBER-DRAWING PROCESS; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION EFFECTS; NONLINEAR POLARIZATIONS; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING; STRUCTURAL SYMMETRY; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS; SUPERCONTINUUM LASER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84855945908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.001113     Document Type: Article

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