Oscillation characteristics of continuous-wave optical parametric oscillators: Beyond the mean-field approximation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1107-1116

  Rosencher, Emmanuel ^a   Fabre, Claude ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER);

OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0141453594     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001107     Document Type: Article

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