Mid-infrared ZBLAN fiber supercontinuum source using picosecond diode-pumping at 2 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 24281-24287

  Heidt, A M ^a   Price, J H V ^a   Baskiotis, C ^a   Feehan, J S ^a   Li, Z ^a   Alam, S U ^a   Richardson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

AVERAGE POWER; DIODE-PUMPING; GAIN-SWITCHED LASER DIODES; MID-IR RADIATION; PICO-SECOND PULSE; POWER-SCALING; SPECTRAL FLATNESS; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84885466942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.024281     Document Type: Article

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