High-efficiency blue-light generation by frequency doubling of picosecond pulses in a thick KNbO3 crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1285-1289

  Li, Yong Qing ^a   Guzun, Dorel ^b   Salamo, Greg ^b   Xiao, Min ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTODETECTORS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

PICOSECOND PULSES;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0038577935     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001285     Document Type: Article

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