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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 11, 1354(2019)

Design, fabrication, and characterization of a highly nonlinear few-mode fiber

Jitao Gao1、†, Elham Nazemosadat2、†, Chen Yang3, Songnian Fu1、*, Ming Tang1, Weijun Tong3, Joel Carpenter4, Jochen Schröder2, Magnus Karlsson2, and Peter A. Andrekson2
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Optics and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Photonics Laboratory, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC), Wuhan 430073, China
  • 4School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Jun. 20, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 9, 2019

    Published Online: Nov. 1, 2019

    The Author Email: Songnian Fu (songnian@mail.hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001354

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