Characterization and modeling of a noncollinearly phase-matched femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on KTA and operating to beyond 4 μm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Reid, Derryck T ^b,c   McGowan, Cate ^b,d   Ebrahimzadeh, Majid ^a,b,e   Sibbett, Wilson ^b,f,g,h  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h Imperial College ^*

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Optical parametric oscillators; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse measurement; Tunable oscillators; Ultrafast optics; Ultrashort pulse generation

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PUMPING (LASER); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; OPTICAL PULSE MEASUREMENT; TUNABLE OSCILLATORS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; ULTRASHORT PULSE GENERATION;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0030781652     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.554854     Document Type: Article

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