Polarization-independent chalcogenide glass nanowires with anomalous dispersion for alloptical processing

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 13513-13521

  Gai, Xin ^a   Choi, Duk Yong ^a   Madden, Steve ^a   Luther Davies, Barry ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; SILICA;

ALL-OPTICAL PROCESSING; ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; NONLINEAR PROCESSING; PEAK POWER; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT; SILICA CLADDING; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA; TE AND TM MODES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84863746868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013513     Document Type: Article

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