Generation of infrared supercontinuum radiation: Spatial mode dispersion and higher-order mode propagation in ZBLAN step-index fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 10764-10771

  Ramsay, Jacob ^a   Dupont, Sune ^a   Johansen, Mikkel ^a   Rishøj, Lars ^b   Rottwitt, Karsten ^b   Moselund, Peter Morten ^c   Keiding, Søren Rud ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBERS;

DEGREE OF FREEDOM; GROUP VELOCITIES; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; STEP-INDEX FIBERS; SUPER CONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM RADIATION; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES; UP-CONVERSION;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; REFRACTOMETRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHTING; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84878548814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.010764     Document Type: Article

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