Importance of pump-beam group velocity for backconversion in optical parametric oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1882-1890

  Arisholm, G ^a   Rustad, G ^a   Stenersen, K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

BACKCONVERSIONS; GROUP VELOCITY;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0038737247     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001882     Document Type: Article

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