Self-pumped phase-conjugate resonator with two-pass four-wave mixing in a diode-pumped Nd:YAG amplifier

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2917-2928

  Sillard, Pierre ^a   Brignon, Arnaud ^a  

^a THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; AMPLIFICATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LENSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVE EQUATIONS;

DIODE PUMP ENERGY; INTRACAVITY SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; MAXWELL WAVE EQUATION; SELF PUMPED PHASE CONJUGATE RESONATOR;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0032217823     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002917     Document Type: Article

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