From zero dispersion to group index matching: How tapering fibers offers the best of both worlds for visible supercontinuum generation

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 315-321

  Stone, J M ^a   Knight, J C ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Photonic crystal fiber; Tapered fiber

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

GROUP INDEX; NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; SUPER CONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUA; TAPER SHAPE; TAPERED FIBER; ZERO DISPERSION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 84867191200     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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