Using multiple mutually incoherent fiber lasers to pump a coherent signal beam in an optical parametric oscillator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 828-834

  Moore, Gerald T ^a   Denman, Craig A ^a   Ross, T Sean ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COHERENT SIGNAL BEAM; NEAR DIFFRACTION LIMITED BEAM QUALITY; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; SINGLE PUMP LASER;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0034224289     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.848355     Document Type: Article

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