Backward optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1574-1582

  Ding, Yujie J ^a   Khurgin, Jacob B ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL THEORY;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; THRESHOLD PUMP INTENSITY;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030242070     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.535361     Document Type: Article

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