Femtosecond near-IR optical parametric oscillator with efficient intracavity generation of visible light

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2479-2488

  Zhang, Xinping ^a   Hebling, Janos ^b   Kuhl, Jürgen ^c   Kühle, Wolfgang W ^a   Palfalvi, Laszlo ^b   Giessen, Harald ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION (SFG);

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0043194719     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002479     Document Type: Article

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