Continuous wave supercontinuum generation through pumping in the normal dispersion region for spectral flatness

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1325-1327

  Chapman, Ben Howard ^a   Popov, Sergei V ^a   Taylor, Roy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; fiber nonlinear optics; optical fiber dispersion; Raman scattering; supercontinuum generation

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; FIBER NONLINEAR OPTICS; MODULATION INSTABILITIES; NORMAL DISPERSION; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; RAMAN CASCADE; SPECTRAL FLATNESS; SUPERCONTINUUM;

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

EID: 84863901932     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2203011     Document Type: Article

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