Noncollinear phase- and group-velocity matching of optical parametric amplifier for ultrashort pulse generation

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 246-253

  Shirakawa, Akira ^a   Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Group velocity matching; Noncollinear phase matching; Optical parametric amplification; Pulse front lilting; Tunable sub 10 fs pulse generation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

GROUP VELOCITY MATCHING; NONCOLLINEAR PHASE MATCHING; PULSE FRONT TILTING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032001437     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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