Generation of tunable coherent far-infrared waves based on backward optical parametric oscillation in gallium selenide

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1567-1571

  Ding, Y J ^a   Khurgin, J B ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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EID: 0032398154     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001567     Document Type: Article

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