Octave-spanning infrared supercontinuum generation in robust chalcogenide nanotapers using picosecond pulses

Optics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 4639-4641

  Shabahang, Soroush ^a   Marquez, Michael P ^a   Tao, Guangming ^a   Piracha, Mohammad U ^a   Nguyen, Dat ^a   Delfyett, Peter J ^a   Abouraddy, Ayman F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; PUMPING (LASER);

CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; NANO-TAPERS; PICO-SECOND PULSE; PICOSECOND LASER; POLYMER JACKETS; SPATIAL MODES;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

EID: 84869178582     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.004639     Document Type: Article

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