Multiple reflections: Cascaded upshifting of laser pulses by semiconductors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 617-622

  Berezhiani, V I ^a,d   Mahajan, S M ^b   Miklaszewski, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^d Institute of Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS;

BLUESHIFTS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0035626107     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000617     Document Type: Article

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