Generation of tunable, narrow–band mid–infrared radiation through a 532–nm–pumped KTP optical parametric amplifier

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1473-1477

  Reid, S A ^a   Tang, Y ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

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EID: 0040354589     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001473     Document Type: Article

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