Optical Properties of Lithium-Rich Lithium Niobate Fabricated by Vapor Transport Equilibration

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 135-138

  Jundt, Dieter H ^a   Fejer, Martin M ^a   Byer, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER BEAMS--NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; LASERS, SOLID STATE;

LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHASE MATCHING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SELLMEIER EQUATIONS;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0025211642     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.44926     Document Type: Article

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