Fabrication of Chalcogenide Fiber with Ridged Core and Its Linearly Polarized Supercontinuum Spectrum Generation

Kangzhen Tian; Yaocheng Li; He Ren; Sisheng Qi; Shuai Meng; Mingjie Zhang; Xian Feng; Zhiyong Yang

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.2106001

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