Second-harmonic generation from regeneratively amplified femtosecond laser pulses in BBO and LBO crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 200-209

  Zhang, Jing Yuan ^a   Huang, Jung Y ^b   Wang, H ^c   Wong, K S ^c   Wong, G K ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0032353953     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000200     Document Type: Article

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