Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in As2S 3-silica "nano-spike" step-index waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 10969-10977

  Granzow, N ^a   Schmidt, M A ^a,g   Chang, W ^a   Wang, L ^a   Coulombier, Q ^b   Troles, J ^c   Toupin, P ^c   Hartl, I ^d   Lee, K F ^d   Fermann, M E ^d   Wondraczek, L ^e   Russell, P St J ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^d IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SILICA; SOLITONS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

DISPERSIVE WAVE GENERATION; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; FUSED SILICA CLADDING; MID-INFRARED SUPERCONTINUUM; SOLITON FISSION; SPECTRAL BROADENING; STEP-INDEX WAVEGUIDES; TM-DOPED FIBER LASER;

WAVEGUIDES;

ARSENIC TRISULFIDE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

ARSENICALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SULFIDES;

EID: 84878555482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.010969     Document Type: Article

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