Ultrabroad supercontinuum generation by femtosecond dual-wavelength pumping in sapphire

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 6366-6371

  Wang, Ke ^a   Qian, Liejia ^a   Luo, Hang ^a   Yuan, Peng ^a   Zhu, Heyuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85010165251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006366     Document Type: Article

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