Optimum PCF tapers for blue-enhanced supercontinuum sources

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 304-314

  Møller, Uffe ^a   Sørensen, Simon T ^a   Larsen, Casper ^a   Moselund, Peter M ^b   Jakobsen, Christian ^b   Johansen, Jeppe ^b   Thomsen, Carsten L ^b   Bang, Ole ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Group acceleration mismatch; Nonlinear fiber optics; Photonic crystal fibers; Relative intensity noise; Supercontinuum generation; Tapered fibers

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

GROUP-ACCELERATION MISMATCH; NOISE PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR FIBER-OPTICS; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; STATE OF THE ART; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA; TAPERED FIBER;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

EID: 84867226167     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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