Low-threshold, high-efficiency, widely tunable infrared source from a KTP-based optical parametric oscillator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3442-3451

  Tang, Yan ^a   Rae, Cameron F ^a   Rahlff, Christian ^a   Dunn, Malcolm H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PHASE MATCHING PARAMETERS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0031332142     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.003442     Document Type: Article

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