Gain enhancement of multistage parametric intracavity frequency conversion

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1734-1748

  Moore, Gerald T ^a,b   Koch, Karl ^a   Dearborn, Michael E ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection seeding; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical parametric oscillators; Q switched lasers

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

COMPLETE PUMP DEPLETION; GAIN ENHANCEMENT; PUMP INTENSITY;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0031258362     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.631276     Document Type: Article

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