Parametric amplification and oscillation with walkoff-compensating crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 460-474

  Armstrong, D J ^a   Alford, W J ^a   Raymond, T D ^a   Smith, A V ^a   Bowers, M S ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ACULIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; WAVEFRONTS;

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; BEAM TILT; PHASE MISMATCH; POTASSIUM TITANATE PHOSPHATE; WALKOFF COMPENSATION;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031076094     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000460     Document Type: Article

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