Single-mode near-infrared optical parametric oscillator amplifier based on periodically poled KTiOPO4

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 6659-6662

  Baxter, Glenn W ^a,b   Schlup, Philip ^a   Mc Kinnie, Iain T ^a,c   Hellström, Jonas ^d   Laurell, Fredrik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

GRAZING INCIDENCE;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0038149862     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006659     Document Type: Article

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