title: Supercontinuum generation in submicron fibre waveguides.
abstract: Submicron-diameter tapered fibres and photonic crystal fibre cores, both of which are silica-air waveguides with low dispersion at 532 nm, were made using a conventional tapering process. In just cm of either waveguide, ns pulses from a low-power 532-nm microchip laser generated a single-mode supercontinuum broad enough to fill the visible spectrum without spreading far beyond it.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leon-Saval
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Birks
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wadsworth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: St J Russell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mason