Toward mid-IR supercontinuum generation in bismuth-lead-galate glass based photonic crystal fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8434, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Buczynski, Ryszard ^a,b   Bookey, Henry ^c   Stepien, Ryszard ^b   Pniewski, Jacek ^a   Pysz, Dariusz ^b   Waddie, Andrew J ^c   Kar, Ajoy K ^c   Taghizadeh, Mohammad R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microstructured fibers; photonic crystal fibers; soft glass; supercontinuum generation

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; AIR HOLES; ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CORE DIAMETERS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; FEMTOSECONDS; FILLING FACTOR; INFRARED RANGE; MATERIAL DISPERSIONS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; PHOTONIC CLADDING; PULSE ENERGIES; SINGLE MODE; SOFT GLASS; SPECTRAL RANGE; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; ZERO-DISPERSION WAVELENGTH;

BISMUTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); GLASS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 84862297258     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.922747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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