Conical emission by 2-ps excitation of potassium vapor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 218-224

  Sarkisyan, D ^a,b   Paul, B D ^a   Cundiff, S T ^a   Gibson, E A ^a   Gallagher, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL RESEARCH   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; POTASSIUM; RESONANCE;

VAPOR DENSITY;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0035644988     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000218     Document Type: Article

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