High-gain single-pass stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing in a focused beam geometry: A numerical study

Pure and Applied Optics (Print edition) (United Kingdom)

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-302

  Schoulepnikoff, L ^a   Mitev, V ^a  

^a Observatory of Neuchatel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HIGH GAIN SINGLE PASS (HGSP) RAMAN DEVICES; STOKES ENERGY SPECTRUM;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0031095981     PISSN: 09639659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-9659/6/2/011     Document Type: Article

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