Blue band nonlinear optics and photodarkening in silica microdevices

Ke Tian; Jibo Yu; Fuchuan Lei; Jonathan Ward; Angzhen Li; Pengfei Wang; Síle Nic Chormaic

doi:10.1364/PRJ.459561

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