Broad-bandwidth parametric amplification in the visible: Femtosecond experiments and simulations

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 224-229

  Gale, G M ^a,b,c   Hache, F ^a,d,e   Cavallari, M ^a,f,g,h  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e Lab d'Optique Quantique du CNRS   (France)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^g NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^h Societe Francaise d'Optique

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Nonlinear wave propagation; Optical parametric amplifiers; Optical parametric oscillators; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032023097     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686727     Document Type: Article

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