Carrier-phase control among subharmonic pulses in a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1295-1297

  Kobayashi, Yohei ^a   Torizuka, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CAVITIES;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHASE CONTROL; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0001687635     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001295     Document Type: Article

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