Parametric generation of tunable light from continuous-wave to femtosecond pulses

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5444, 1999, Pages 1513-1517

  Dunn, Malcolm H ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATION;

LASER TUNING;

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LIGHT; OPTICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033584804     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5444.1513     Document Type: Review

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