The tandem optical parametric oscillator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2085-2094

  Moore, Gerald T ^a,b   Koch, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTALS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

LITHIUM NIOBATE CRYSTALS; TANDEM OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS (TOPO);

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0030421905     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.544754     Document Type: Article

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