Broadly tunable mid-IR radiation source based on difference frequency mixing of high power wavelength-tunable laser diodes in bulk periodically poled LiNbO3

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-219

  Sanders, S ^a   Lang, R J ^a   Myers, L E ^b   Fejer, M M ^b   Byer, R L ^b  

^a SDL INC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithium niobate; Semiconductor junction lasers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; HIGH POWER LASERS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER TUNING; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY MIXING; LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHASE MATCHING; TUNABLE LASER; WAVELENGTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030086615     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960115     Document Type: Article

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