Parametric generation of 1-ps pulses between 5 and 11 μm with a ZnGeP2 crystal

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1749-1755

  Petrov, Valentin ^a,b   Tanaka, Yoshihito ^a   Suzuki, Takanori ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Infrared measurements; Infrared spectroscopy; Nonlinear optics; Optical parametric amplifiers; Optical pulses

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATOR; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0031259234     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.631278     Document Type: Article

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