Continuous-wave frequency tripling and quadrupling by simultaneous three-wave mixings in periodically poled crystals: Application to a two-step 1.19-10.71-μm frequency bridge

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1211-1213

  Pfister, O ^a   Wells, J S ^b   Hollberg, L ^b   Zink, L ^b   Van Baak, D A ^b,e   Levenson, M D ^c   Bosenberg, W R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^e CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; QUASICRYSTALS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIREFRINGENT PHASE MATCHING; FOURTH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER PHASE LOCKING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY MIXING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS; PERIODICALLY POLED CRYSTAL; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION; THREE WAVE MIXING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0031211374     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.001211     Document Type: Article

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