Low-threshold parametric nonlinear optics with quasi-phase-matched whispering-gallery modes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1304-1308

  Ilchenko, Vladimir S ^a   Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Savchenkov, Anatoliy A ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DIELECTRIC CAVITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0037901717     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001304     Document Type: Article

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