A simultaneously phase-matched tandem optical parametric oscillator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 803-810

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

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixers; Optical mixing; Optical parametric oscillators

Indexed keywords

LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PUMPING (LASER); SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SIMULTANEOUSLY PHASE MATCHED TANDEM OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032073883     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.668767     Document Type: Article

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