Generation of 6.6-μm optical parametric oscillation with periodically poled LiNbO3

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2560-2563

  Sato, Manabu ^a,b   Hatanaka, Takaaki ^a   Izumi, Shunsuke ^a   Taniuchi, Tetsuo ^a   Ito, Hiromasa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0005388298     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002560     Document Type: Article

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