Tunable 50-fs pulse generation in the 250-310-nm ultraviolet range

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1758-1763

  Ziegle, L D ^a   Morais, J ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Constantine, S ^a   Reed, M K ^b   Steiner Shepard, M K ^b   Lommel, Doug ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Coherent Laser Group ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Optical parametric amplifier; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics; Ultraviolet generation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS (OPA);

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032163781     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.709594     Document Type: Article

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