Low-threshold supercontinuum generation in semiconductor nanoribbons by continuous-wave pumping

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 8667-8674

  Gu, Fuxing ^a   Yu, Huakang ^a   Fang, Wei ^a   Tong, Limin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; GLASS FIBERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CDS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE PUMPING; GUIDED MODES; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; LOW THRESHOLDS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIAL RESEARCH; NANO SCALE; PHONON MODE; PUMP LIGHT; RAMAN GAIN; SEMICONDUCTOR NANORIBBONS; WAVE-GUIDING; WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRY;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84860122647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.008667     Document Type: Article

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