Widely tunable continuous-wave mid-infrared laser source based on difference-frequency generation in AgGaS2

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4925-4928

  Petrov, Valentin ^a   Rempel, Christian ^b   Stolberg, Klaus Peter ^b   Schade, Wolfgang ^c  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b BESTEC GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000648579     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004925     Document Type: Article

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