Tunable-narrow-linewidth continuous-wave mid-infrared light generation by difference-frequency mixing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1706-1712

  Momose, Takamasa ^a   Wakabayashi, Tomonari ^a   Shida, Tadamasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RING LASERS; TUNING;

ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY MIXING; PHASE MATCHING; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; SOLID PARAHYDROGEN CRYSTAL; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASERS;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 0030216958     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001706     Document Type: Article

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