Tunable single-mode operation of a pulsed optical parametric oscillator pumped by a multimode laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 27, 2001, Pages 4836-4848

  He, Yabai ^a   Orr, Brian J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MULTIMODE LASERS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0001363945     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.004836     Document Type: Article

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