Second - Harmonic generation of ultra-high intensity femtosecond pulses with a KDP crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 579-585

  Aoyama, M ^a   Harimoto, T ^b   Ma, J ^a   Akahane, Y ^a   Yamakawa, K ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; X RAYS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; FREQUENCY CONVERSION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 0042153223     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000579     Document Type: Article

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