Real-time full bandwidth measurement of spectral noise in supercontinuum generation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wetzel, B ^a   Stefani, A ^a   Larger, L ^a   Lacourt, P A ^a   Merolla, J M ^a   Sylvestre, T ^a   Kudlinski, A ^b   Mussot, A ^b   Genty, G ^c   Dias, F ^d   Dudley, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84870825827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00882     Document Type: Article

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