Nonlinear Properties of Chalcogenide Glass Fibers

International Journal of Applied Glass Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-308

  Sanghera, Jas S ^a   Shaw, Leslie B ^a   Pureza, Paul ^a   Nguyen, Vinh Q ^a   Gibson, Dan ^a   Busse, Lynda ^a   Aggarwal, Ishwar D ^a   Florea, Catalin M ^b   Kung, Frederic H ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GTEC Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND SOURCES; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS FIBERS; FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS; FIGURE OF MERITS; HIGH NONLINEARITY; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; SILICA-BASED FIBERS;

FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SILICA; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 84861812791     PISSN: 20411286     EISSN: 20411294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1294.2010.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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