Supercontinuum Generation from a Tapered Photonic Crystal Fiber Pumped with a High-Power Nanosecond Fiber Laser

Guo Chunyu; Ouyang Deqin; Ruan Shuangchen; Yan Peiguang; Wei Huifeng; Lin Huaiqin; Wu Yiming; Yang Jinhui

doi:10.3788/cjl201340.0405003

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