Theory of an optical parametric oscillator with resonant pump and signal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1512-1524

  Schiller, S ^a   Schneider, K ^a   Mlynek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

QUANTUM CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0033243831     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001512     Document Type: Article

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