Fibre coupled difference frequency generation utilising ytterbium-doped fibre amplifier and periodically poled LiNbO3

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1345-1347

  Lancaster, D G ^a   Goldberg, L ^a   Koplow, J ^a   Curl, R F ^a   Tittel, F K ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032089701     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980917     Document Type: Article

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