Incompatibility of cavity resonances with wave-vector matching: Influence on threshold and beam structures of optical parametric oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 395-404

  Suret, Pierre ^a   Derozier, Dominique ^a   Lefranc, Marc ^a   Zemmouri, Jaouad ^a   Bielawski, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CAVITY RESONATORS; FOURIER OPTICS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

WAVE VECTOR MATCHING;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0041314134     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000395     Document Type: Article

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