Beam tilt and angular dispersion in broad-bandwidth, nanosecond optical parametric oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1525-1532

  Alford, W J ^a   Gehr, Russell J ^a   Schmitt, R L ^a   Smith, A V ^a   Arisholm, Gunnar ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

ANGULAR DISPERSION; BEAM TILT;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0033243832     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001525     Document Type: Article

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