Resonant continuous four-wave mixing and parametric amplification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2001-2010

  Hinze, U ^a   Chichkov, B N ^a   Tiemann, E ^a   Wellegehausen, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

FOUR-WAVE MIXING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0034553892     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.002001     Document Type: Article

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